03/03/2020
If a pregnant woman says she has high blood pressure and you also see she has swollen legs/face,Get her to a hospital ASAP.Why? Uncontrolled high blood pressure can make a pregnant woman have a seizure,go unconscious,lose her baby and loose her life.This is a medical condition called PRE-ECLAMPSIA.It happens in pregnant women usually after 5 months.They have high blood pressure and protein in urine.There may be no symptoms at all.That is why it is a very dangerous medical condition.This is why they must go for antenatal care.But in some women with the condition,there may be symptoms like : swelling of feet,ankles,face and hands caused by fluid retention(Oedema),severe headache,vision problem like blurred vision,pain just below the ribs.All of these are signs of an impending eclampsia.It is called Eclampsia-if the pregnant woman has a seizure.This is a life threatening situatin for both mother and child,that child must be taken out of the mother to save her life.Thankfully with good monitoring ,this is rare but if it ever happens,the woman can die.What causes pre eclampsia? we don't know the exact cause but it's thought to occur when there is a problem with the placenta(the organ that links the baby's blood supply to the mother's).These are the things that can increase a woman's risk of having it.1. diabetes 2. hypertension 3. kidney disease 4. obesity (especially BMI more than 35) 5. twin/triplet pregnancy 6. being pregnant after 40 years 7.taking a break of 10 years since your last pregnancy and having family members with the condition.THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO LEARN: Register for antenatal care if you are pregnant.Make sure you get your blood pressure and urine checked and use your medications if prescribed.copied from twitter.