What is Pre-Eclampsia?

Preeclampsia is a situation where it's primarily associated with pregnancy, your blood pressure goes up, you can have damage to your kidney function, especially the amount of protein it's putting out. If you're putting out a lot of protein, it means you can get ankle swelling. High blood pressure can cause you to have fits if it's not properly controlled. can affect your liver as well. It can cause liver damage. It can also cause the placenta to break away from the lining of the womb quite rapidly, and it can unfortunately in some cases cause intraterine death. Now, if you are diagnosed as having preeclampsia, will be kept under very close observation and your baby may be delivered early if there is concern about your health or the baby's health. Now preeclampsia occurs late in pregnancy and the good thing about that is often with especially with the neonatal services that we have that babies ought to usually survive, even if they end up on a neonatal unit. But the harm to the mother is immediately resolved by delivering the baby. So all of those things that are caught, you know, that are going off will settle right back down again.