What is preeclampsia? What is the difference between preeclampsia, toxemia, PET and PIH? How is preeclampsia treated? What Is eclampsia? How is eclampsia treated? What is HELLP syndrome? Who gets preeclampsia? What causes preeclampsia? What does preeclampsia do? How does preeclampsia affect pregnancy? When does preeclampsia occur in a pregnancy? Can preeclampsia occur after the baby is born? How does preeclampsia affect the baby? What is the cure? What can we do about preeclampsia? Will I get preeclampsia in a subsequent pregnancy? If my first pregnancy was normal... If I had preeclampsia in my first or an earlier pregnancy... If I had it in a first but not a second... If I have been advised against getting pregnant again... More answers to your questions coming soon! What is preeclampsia? Preeclampsia (pre-e-CLAMP-si-a) is a condition unique to human pregnancy. It is diagnosed by the elevation of the expectant mother’s blood pressure usually after the twentieth week of pregnancy combined with the appearance of excessive protein in her urine. Important symptoms that may suggest preeclampsia are headaches, abdominal pain, visual disturbances such as oversensitivity to light, blurred vision, seeing flashing spots or auras, shortness of breath or burning behind the sternum, nausea and vomiting, confusion or heightened state of anxiety. Preeclampsia and related hypertensive disorders of pregnancy impact 5-8% of all births in the United States. Most women with preeclampsia will deliver a healthy baby and fully recover. However, some women will experience complications, several of which may be life-threatening to mother and/or baby. A woman’s condition can go from a mild form of preeclampsia to severe preeclampsia very quickly. Preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy can be devastating diseases, made worse by delays in diagnosis or management, seriously impacting or even killing both women and their babies before, during or after birth.
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