Ask the Doctor: Symptoms you should not take lightly during pregnancy

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication characterised by high blood pressure and signs of damage to another organ system, most often the liver and kidneys, also includes symptoms such as high blood pressure or hypertension, protein in your urine, swelling of your face, hands and feet, persistent headaches, nausea or vomiting, abdominal and lower back pain and a weight gain of over two-and-a-half kgs a week. It is important to be aware of these changes and reporting these signs to your doctor can be crucial to a healthy pregnancy. While it is not necessary that having symptoms must mean you have PE, but they are cause of concern and require immediate medical evaluation.

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