Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Conditions Related to Gestational Hypertension


Lauren Forshay is a registered nurse with the state of New Jersey who currently resides in New York City. One of Lauren M. Forshay’s areas of medical interest and expertise is gestational hypertension.

Also known as pregnancy induced hypertension (or PIH), gestational hypertension is a potentially dangerous condition that is defined by high blood pressure during pregnancy. This condition can arise in otherwise perfectly healthy women after the 20th week of pregnancy or in women who received a diagnosis of chronic high blood pressure before or early in their pregnancy. 

In fact, individuals who had chronic hypertension or kidney disease before pregnancy are significantly more likely to develop gestational hypertension. Like chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension is strongly connected to genetics, so women whose mothers or sisters have suffered from the condition are also more likely to develop it.

Other conditions tied to higher rates of gestational hypertension include carrying more than one baby and being less than 20 or more than 40 years of age. First-time mothers also face a higher risk.

1 comment:

  1. SPOT Coupons offers a variety of products which are successfully performing Real-Time Promotions by monitoring and predicting customers demand in all over the world.

    ReplyDelete