Hypertension During Pregnancy: A Simple But Complete Guide

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• We know that for you being a mother is an amazing
  feeling. With every passing day, you feel excited
  about the growing baby in your womb. Well! This
  excitement comes with a lot of physical and
  emotional challenges. One of the challenges is
  high blood pressure or hypertension during
  pregnancy.
• What is Hypertension in Pregnancy?
• Your heart pumps the blood through the arteries
  to the rest of your body. In fact, the blood
  flows at a certain speed. But due to the
  fluctuating pregnancy hormones, the blood flow
  might get disrupted. It can also cause an
  increase or decrease in the blood pressure level.
  Hypertension in your pregnancy is when blood
  flows through the artery at high speed. 1 in
  every 12 to 17 of you between the ages of 20 to
  44, suffers from gestational hypertension.
• What Are the Causes of Pregnancy Hypertension? 
• Conditions like 
• being plus size, 
• pregnant first-time , 
• family history of pregnancy hypertension,
• carrying more than one child, or 
• if youre over 35 years old are some of
  the possible causes of high blood pressure in
  pregnancy.

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What Are the Types of Blood Pressure During
Pregnancy? There are mainly four categories of
hypertensive disorders during pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension This is the kind of blood
pressure present before your pregnancy. This also
occurs before the 20 weeks of your pregnancy.
This may increase the risk of preeclampsia during
your pregnancy. Especially in your second or
third trimester. Your doctor may immediately put
you on medication. Gestational Hypertension It
starts after youve completed 20 weeks of your
pregnancy. This condition tends to disappear
after you deliver your baby. In this condition
you might expect a slight rise in your blood
pressure. But some of you might suffer from
severe hypertension. Untreated preeclampsia can
complicate your pregnancy. In your prenatal
visits your gynae will check whether protein is
present in your urine. He or she also checks if
you have other heart or kidney problems. Preeclam
psia / Eclampsia You had normal blood pressure
(less than 120/80) 2 before. And you suddenly
develop high pressure. Your doctor sees signs of
pre-eclampsia if he or she finds the presence of
protein in your urine on the 20th week. As
mentioned before, if you have chronic
hypertension, there are chances that you will get
pre-eclampsia in pregnancy.
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How Will You Know If You Have Symptoms of High
Blood Pressure in Your Pregnancy? 

• When you have signs like 
• swelling in your hands or feet 
• headaches
• nosebleeds
• vomiting
• anxiety
• irritability
• shortness of breath, and 
• changes in vision this would state high blood
  pressure during pregnancy

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What Pregnancy Complications Arise As a Result of
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy? As a
result of hypertension, pregnancy complications
can include 

• Placental Abruption The placenta detaches from
  the uterus gets detached. This causes
  heavy bleeding during pregnancy.
• Low blood flow to the placenta. This may result
  in slow foetal growth
• There are chances that your babys born
  prematurely
• There are chances of foetal death
• You might also be at risk of heart disease or
  stroke in the future. 

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• How To Control High Blood Pressure During
  Pregnancy?
• Pay attention to hypertension in your pregnancy
  to prevent the above-mentioned complications.
• Choose healthy and nutritious food 
• Keep your weight under check 
• Do some meditation, and yoga 
• Take medicines for your hypertension as
  prescribed by your doctor 
• Dont miss your prenatal visits 
• Keep checking your blood pressure at home and
  watch out for the symptoms 
• Hypertension in pregnancy is a serious problem.
  This World Hypertension Day, do everything you
  can to keep it under control. Controlled
  hypertension can help you sail through a healthy
  pregnancy.
• Also, follow our blog page, to get more
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