1.0.0 INTRODUCTION
Preeclampsia is one of the most common hypertensive complications …show more content…
Pregnancy features a number of physiological changes to help foetal adaptation and its pathological state results in pregnancy complications. Unlike other hypertensive disorders of pregnancies, preeclampsia is a multisystem disease affecting kidney and liver function and the cardiovascular system attributed to vasospasm and vascular endothelial activation. The incidence of preeclampsia usually occurs in the late 2nd or 3rd trimesters of pregnancy.
These characteristics make the mother and foetus prone to risks such as premature labour with its associated congenital disorders for the foetus Also, compared with normotensive pregnancies, women who are hypertensive during pregnancy or having preeclampsia are at higher risks profile of cardiovascular events and disease (CVD), and other diseases in later years. Pre-eclampsia, if not managed, progresses to a life-threatening condition, Eclampsia, with the onset of seizures.
2.1.0 Physiological changes in normal