What is pre-eclampsia?
Pre-eclampsia is the most common of the serious complications of pregnancy. It is a condition that affects some pregnant women, usually during the second half of pregnancy (from 20 [...]
How does pre-eclampsia affect mother and baby?
Pre-eclampsia is the most common of the serious complications arising in pregnancy, which can affect the mother, her unborn child, or most commonly, both. What happens to the mother? [...]
Who gets pre-eclampsia?
In its broadest form and including gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia affects as many as one in 10 of all pregnancies, making it the most common of the serious antenatal complications. It [...]
Is pre-eclampsia a danger to mothers and babies?
The short answer is yes, potentially. Pre-eclampsia can be fatal for mothers and babies if not properly managed. Worldwide it causes the deaths of 6 women per minute. In the [...]
What is 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. Eclampsia has been [...]
What are the signs and symptoms of pre-eclampsia?
Pre-eclampsia has no symptoms in its early stages, when it can be detected only in routine screening tests carried out in antenatal clinics. A combination of rising blood pressure and [...]
PlGF: a blood test for pre-eclampsia
PlGF tests are ground-breaking new blood tests clinicians can use to help predict if a baby needs to be delivered due to pre-eclampsia in the late stages of pregnancy. The [...]
Low-dose aspirin for high-risk pregnancy
This article explains the role of low dose aspirin in the prevention of pre-eclampsia. It gives guidance on the potential effects of aspirin therapy, and who is most likely [...]
What is HELLP syndrome?
HELLP is the medical term for one of the most serious complications of pre-eclampsia, in which there is a combined liver and blood clotting disorder. H stands for Haemolysis [...]
