Signs of Preeclampsia | World Preeclampsia day | Surya Hospitals

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Stay aware and stay safe. This world pre-eclampsia day, let's prioritize early detection and timely care because healthy mother means healthy baby. Not all swellings in pregnancy are normal.

[00:00:09]It can be a sign of hypertension in pregnancy. Hypertension in pregnancy is defined as when your blood pressure is more than 140 by 90 mm of mercury. There are four types of hypertension in pregnancy. One happens only because of the pregnancy. That's called as gestational hypertension, which happens after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The another one is called as pre-eclampsia, where the hypertension along with the organ involvement or the protein loss in the urine happens. There is something called as chronic hypertension, where the patient has a hypertension prior to the pregnancy. And the last thing is eclampsia, where the blood pressure can cause seizures or the convulsions in the patient and can cause a risk to the mother or the baby. So, why it [music] happens? It happens because there is a abnormal placentation. That means the placenta is not growing properly and it is not allowing the blood supply to happen properly.