High Blood Pressure: Complications

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Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy - Topic Overview
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11/22/06, Healthwise
Blood pressure is a measure of how hard your blood pushes against the walls of your arteries. If the force is too hard, you have high blood pressure (also called hypertension). When high blood pressure starts after 20 weeks of pregnanc
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Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy - Treatment Overview
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11/22/06, Healthwise
If your blood pressure begins to rise during pregnancy, you will need close monitoring until after your baby is born. Your blood pressure may remain mildly elevated (transient hypertension), which is not considered dangerous for you or
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Metabolic Syndrome
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07/20/06, Healthwise
Metabolic syndrome is a group of health problems that include too much fat around the waist, elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and low HDL cholesterol.
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Methyldopa for chronic hypertension during pregnancy
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11/22/06, Healthwise
Methyldopa affects the nerves that relax the walls of blood vessels, causing the blood vessels to widen (dilate) and thus reducing blood pressure.
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Labetalol for high blood pressure during pregnancy
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11/22/06, Healthwise
Labetalol decreases heart rate and blood flow, which lowers blood pressure.
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Hydralazine for high blood pressure during pregnancy
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11/22/06, Healthwise
Hydralazine relaxes the smooth muscle of blood vessels. This relaxation causes the blood vessels to widen (dilate), reducing blood pressure.
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Nifedipine for high blood pressure during pregnancy
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11/22/06, Healthwise
Nifedipine is a calcium channel blocker medicine that slows smooth muscle function. Muscles need calcium to function properly, and a calcium channel blocker interferes with the supply of calcium to the muscle. This allows the smooth mu
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Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy - What Happens
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11/22/06, Healthwise
Normally, a pregnant woman's blood pressure is slightly lower than normal during the second trimester and then gradually returns to normal throughout the remainder of her pregnancy. However, in 10% of pregnant women, blood pressur
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Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy - When To Call a Doctor
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11/22/06, Healthwise
If you have preeclampsia, it is possible that you will have an unexpected seizure (eclampsia). Eclampsia can lead to a coma and is life-threatening to both you and your fetus.
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Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy - Home Treatment
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11/22/06, Healthwise
If you have ongoing (chronic) high blood pressure and are taking blood pressure medicine, talk to your health professional before becoming pregnant (or as soon as you learn you are pregnant). Some high blood pressure medicines are
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