7/24/2008

Hypertension in a pregnant woman

None of this has to do with eclampsia, real disease of pregnancy, which could well-defined scientific-licensed as "intolerance" to the progression of it. Among its complications, the pre-clampsia (and of course greater eclampsia) is characterized by high blood pressure, which would be responsible-in this case-of headaches.

First, the common ones, have no consequences arising from that same pain. Those who are due to hypertension, should alert us that something is wrong. It is easy to distinguish: the headaches of eclampsia are very intense and appear in the third trimester of pregnancy, in situations where, typically, there were no headaches at the beginning. The hormones are more intense at the beginning of pregnancy and tend to be better tolerated and softer along the same.

The possible treatment during pregnancy is reduced to facilitate the evacuation of the gallbladder (antispasmodic) and the administration of aspirin, except that the latter can not be ingested in the form indiscriminate or permanently.
Before resorting to it, we should always consult with the obstetrician.

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