Eclampsia
Pregnancy poisoning is one of the most serious diseases that a pregnant woman experiences during pregnancy. This is a risk for both mother and child to affect their lives negatively. This disease can be defined as “high blood pressure in the pregnant woman” and usually occurs late in pregnancy Between the eighteenth week and the twentieth week, where pregnant women; feel sudden distress with high blood pressure and swelling of the limbs with an increase in the proportion of protein in urine, as well as these symptoms is one of the most obvious symptoms of the phenomenon of septicemia.
The proportion of women who become pregnant with preeclampsia is very low, ranging from five to seven percent, and it is not necessary that each pregnancy be poisoned by those who have been infected before, as women who are exposed to pre-eclampsia have a history of certain diseases related to Poisoning, and these women include:
- Women with blood pressure before pregnancy.
- Women whose mothers were infected with preeclampsia during pregnancy, or whose mother’s mother suffered from poisoning.
- Women are deficient in vitamins and minerals, most notably vitamin E, D, C and some minerals such as: Magnesium and iron.
- Women who have children over the age of forty.
Symptoms of pregnancy poisoning
- Sudden weight gain, the last stage of pregnancy.
- Swelling of limbs with hands and feet.
- Ames with all ribs, especially under the armpit.
- Sudden painful headache.
- High blood pressure.
Causes of poisoning during pregnancy
- The main cause of such a disease is not revealed to pregnant women; however, doctors speculate that the cause of pregnancy poisoning is the placenta responsible for the transmission of blood from mother to fetus, and a certain defect in her work.
- Prevention of pre-eclampsia.
- Follow-up continuous throughout the pregnancy with the doctor concerned, as the doctor works to monitor developments in the development of the fetus accurately, and maternal health as well, and when any of the new symptoms on the mother and the fetus; it is working immediately to know the causes and is treated quickly, Pregnancy is high when detected early stages, the fetus is born naturally and good health and growth completed.
In the case of delay in treatment and knowledge of symptoms and pregnancy problems, it occurs some of the serious symptoms that affect the life of the fetus significantly, and these risks:
- Incomplete fetal growth.
- Premature birth.
- Severe bleeding during childbirth.
Treatment of pre – eclampsia
Direct medical care and complete relaxation, with exercise that relieves blood pressure, treat pre-eclampsia, and intravenous advanced treatment can be under intensive care in obstetric hospitals.