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  2. Eclampsia - Wikipedia

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    Eclampsia is the onset of seizures (convulsions) in a woman with pre-eclampsia. [1] Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that presents with three main features: new onset of high blood pressure, large amounts of protein in the urine or other organ dysfunction, and edema.

  3. Pre-eclampsia - Wikipedia

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    Pre-eclampsia is a multi-system disorder specific to pregnancy, characterized by the new onset of high blood pressure and often a significant amount of protein in the urine or by the new onset of high blood pressure along with significant end-organ damage, with or without the proteinuria.

  4. What is eclampsia and how rare is it? - AOL

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    Eclampsia is a complication of pre-eclampsia, a condition that affects some pregnant women

  5. Hypertensive disease of pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Preeclampsia, the most severe type of HDP, has been a major subject of research for scientists. Preeclampsia is usually characterized by elevated blood pressure and frequently protein in the urine after the 20th week of pregnancy, believed to be caused by abnormal placental growth leading to endothelial dysfunction and inflammation.

  6. Here's why preeclampsia remains one of the most worrisome ...

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    Preeclampsia is a high blood pressure condition that develops during pregnancy - "typically occurring in third trimester, though it can occur as early as 20 weeks and can also occur in the ...

  7. Mom, 32, had a life-threatening pregnancy complication ... - AOL

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    Preeclampsia is a sometimes deadly pregnancy complication characterized by elevated blood pressure toward the end of pregnancy, which can lead to other dangerous symptoms, explains Dr. Dallas Reed ...

  8. HELLP syndrome - Wikipedia

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    HELLP syndrome occurs in about 0.7% of pregnancies and affects about 15% of women with eclampsia or severe pre-eclampsia. [5] [2] Death of the mother is uncommon (< 1%). [1] [3] Outcomes in the babies are generally related to how premature they are at birth. [1] The syndrome was first named in 1982 by American gynaecologist Louis Weinstein. [2]

  9. Complications of pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Severe pre-eclampsia involves a BP over 160/110 (with additional signs). It affects 5–8% of pregnancies. [20] Eclampsia – seizures in a pre-eclamptic patient, affect around 1.4% of pregnancies. [21] Gestational hypertension can develop after 20 weeks but has no other symptoms, and later rights itself, but it can develop into pre-eclampsia. [22]