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Eclampsia
Name(s):
Pre-eclampsia
Nature
A hypertensive disease of pregnancy which affects one in ten women and is a major cause of maternal mortality. Eclampsia leads to brain and kidney damage.
Incidence
75,000 women a year suffer eclampsia.
Broader
Hypertension
Pregnancy disorders
Related
Lactation tetany in mares
Aggravates
Maternal mortality
Toxaemias of pregnancy
Aggravated by
Adolescent pregnancy
Reference(s)
Sharp, F and Symonds, M: Hypertension in Pregnancy
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems