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    Preeclampsia is a serious blood pressure disorder that can occur during pregnancy or after childbirth, and is a leading cause of maternal and infant death worldwide. It often has no clear symptoms but can cause headaches, visual issues, pain in the abdomen or shoulder, nausea, vomiting, or sudden weight gain. Risk factors include a past history of preeclampsia, multiple gestation, chronic hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, obesity, advanced maternal age, or a family history. Women who experience preeclampsia may be at higher risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and hypertension later in life.

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    Preeclampsia is a serious blood pressure disorder that can occur during pregnancy or after childbirth, and is a leading cause of maternal and infant death worldwide. It often has no clear symptoms but can cause headaches, visual issues, pain in the abdomen or shoulder, nausea, vomiting, or sudden weight gain. Risk factors include a past history of preeclampsia, multiple gestation, chronic hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, obesity, advanced maternal age, or a family history. Women who experience preeclampsia may be at higher risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and hypertension later in life.

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    Preeclampsia is a serious blood pressure disorder that can occur during pregnancy or after childbirth, and is a leading cause of maternal and infant death worldwide. It often has no clear symptoms but can cause headaches, visual issues, pain in the abdomen or shoulder, nausea, vomiting, or sudden weight gain. Risk factors include a past history of preeclampsia, multiple gestation, chronic hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, obesity, advanced maternal age, or a family history. Women who experience preeclampsia may be at higher risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and hypertension later in life.

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    Preeclampsia is a serious blood pressure disorder that can occur during pregnancy or after childbirth, and is a leading cause of maternal and infant death worldwide. It often has no clear symptoms but can cause headaches, visual issues, pain in the abdomen or shoulder, nausea, vomiting, or sudden weight gain. Risk factors include a past history of preeclampsia, multiple gestation, chronic hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, obesity, advanced maternal age, or a family history. Women who experience preeclampsia may be at higher risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and hypertension later in life.

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    PREECLAMPSIA

    AND PREGNANCY
    Preeclampsia is a serious blood pressure disorder that
    can happen during pregnancy or soon after childbirth.
    Preeclampsia is a leading cause of death worldwide for
    women, fetuses, and newborns. It can develop without
    you realizing it, so it’s important to learn the symptoms.

    WHAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS?


    When there are symptoms, they may include...

    a headache that
    will not go away

    shortness seeing spots, blurry


    of breath vision, or other changes
    in eyesight

    pain in the swelling of


    upper abdomen face or hands
    or shoulder

    nausea and sudden


    vomiting in the 2nd weight gain
    half of pregnancy

    WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS?


    Anyone can develop preeclampsia. Many women who get
    preeclampsia are otherwise healthy and do not have clear risk
    factors. But some women may have a higher risk than others.

    Risk factors for women at high Risk factors for women at


    risk include moderate risk include
    • preeclampsia in a past pregnancy • being pregnant for the first time
    • carrying more than one fetus • obesity
    • chronic high blood pressure • family history of preeclampsia
    • kidney disease (mother or sister)

    • diabetes mellitus • being older than 35

    • autoimmune conditions, such


    as lupus

    YOUR FUTURE HEALTH


    If you are diagnosed with preeclampsia during pregnancy,
    you may be more likely to have health problems in the future
    when you are not pregnant. These problems may include...

    heart attack stroke kidney disease high blood pressure

    You may need to see your obstetrician–gynecologist (ob-gyn) or


    other health care professional earlier or more often after childbirth
    so he or she can keep a close eye on your health. You should also tell
    any future health care professionals that you had preeclampsia.

    REMEMBER
    Many women who get preeclampsia do
    not have clear risk factors. Talk with your
    ob-gyn or other health care professional
    right away if you have any warning signs.

    acog.org

    PFSI018: This information was designed as an educational aid to Copyright October 2020 by the American College of Obstetricians
    patients and sets forth current information and opinions related to and Gynecologists. All rights reserved. No part of this publication
    women’s health. It is not intended as a statement of the standard of care, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, posted on the
    nor does it comprise all proper treatments or methods of care. It is not a internet, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic,
    substitute for a treating clinician’s independent professional judgment. mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior
    Please check for updates at www.acog.org to ensure accuracy. written permission from the publisher.

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