Eclampsia

Eclampsia is a Greek word meaning 'bolt from the blue'. It describes one or more convulsions occurring during or immediately after pregnancy as a complication of pre-eclampsia.
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Eclampsia
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(klmp´s), term applied to toxic complications that can occur late in pregnancy.
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Eclampsia
Preeclampsia occurs in approximately 5% of all pregnancies. The incidence of eclampsia is approximately 1 out of 2000 to 3000 pregnancies.
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Preeclampsia occurs most frequently in first pregnancies. It is more common in women who have diabetes or who are carrying twins. Some women seem to have a strong tendency to develop the disease and suffer from preeclampsia with every pregnancy.
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Preeclampsia used to be called toxemia because it was thought to be caused by a toxin in a pregnant woman's bloodstream. Today, doctors and researchers know preeclampsia isn't caused by a toxin.
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Eclampsia is the occurrence of seizures (not attributed to another cause) during pregnancy (usually after the 20th week).
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Preeclampsia develops in 5% of pregnant women. It usually occurs after the 20th week of pregnancy. It may be mild or severe. The high blood pressure can affect the brain, kidneys, liver, and lungs.
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Pre-eclampsia
Dr Trisha Macnair
Each year in the UK, about ten women and as many as 1,000 babies die because of a condition related to pregnancy called pre-eclampsia.
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Eclampsia is a rare and serious complication of pre-eclampsia. It can be life-threatening and is characterised by one or more seizures or fits.
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An attack of convulsions. Particularly used to describe toxemia (toxins in the blood) of pregnancy.
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Eclampsia ' Eclampsia causes seizures, which cause loss of consciousness with jerking movements of the arms and legs and may cause loss of control of bladder or bowels.
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Eclampsia: Symptoms of pre-eclampsia, plus convulsions and coma. The convulsions begin with fixation of the eyeballs, rolling of the eyes, twitchings of the face, arms, and hands. Then coma with temperature at 103o-104o F.
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PREECLAMPSIA/ECLAMPSIA
Preeclampsia (toxemia), or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, causes severe edema (swelling due to water retention) and can impair kidney and liver function.
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preeclampsia (also known as toxemia or high blood pressure of pregnancy)
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Preeclampsia (high blood pressure, protein in their urine, and swelling) after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Preeclampsia sometimes can develop into kidney failure and seizures, a condition known as toxemia.
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The HELLP syndrome is a recognized complication of preeclampsia and eclampsia (toxemia) of pregnancy, occuring in 25% of these pregnancies.
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problems in the current pregnancy, including preeclampsia (serious pregnancy-induced high blood pressure), gestational (pregnancy-related) diabetes, premature rupture of the membranes, excessive amniotic fluid (the liquid that surrounds the fetus), ...
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Women with previous pregnancy complications such as a newborn weighing over 4000 grams, preeclampsia, previous stillbirth, or an infant with congenital anomalies are more likely to have gestational diabetes.
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In fact, one in six women report their first incidence of partner abuse during pregnancy. One study concludes that a woman is more likely to be abused by her partner than suffer from pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes or placenta previa, ...
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Women with a multiple pregnancy are more likely to miscarry and more likely to face other complications such as gestational diabetes, preeclampsia and preterm labor.
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Undiagnosed hypothyroidism during pregnancy increases the chance of stillbirth or growth retardation of the fetus. It also increases the chance that the mother may experience complications such as anemia, eclampsia, and placental abruption.
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the flow of urine in your system (such as an enlarged prostate gland or a kidney stone).
You are dehydrated.
You have heart failure.
You have decreased blood flow to the kidneys.
You are pregnant and have high blood pressure (preeclampsia, ...
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