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Re: 'Post-partum severe preeclampsia' - is there really such a thing??
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:37:59 -0600 (CST)
Yes PIH usually improves after delivery, but sometimes it takes a few
weeks. Also was your b/p good before pregnancy?
At Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Michele wrote:
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>I've asked several questions in this forum during my pregnancy, and have
>always gotten great answers. I thought this would be over with by now,
>but since not, I've got a question or two.
>
>I had labor induced because of MILD preeclampsia almost two weeks ago. I
>was sent home after three days-everything was fine. Two days after I
>was discharged from the hospital, my blood pressure started rising, to
>180/110. I went to my doctor, who found I had a moderate headache,
>upper-right quadrant pain, blurry vision, and my reflexes were "hyper."
>He sent me to the emergency room for labs and tests and
>medicine-everything came back negative. So, he put me on Phenobarbitol
>and Labetolol. Now, my only symptoms are elevated blood pressures -
>160's/90's, a moderate headache, and the hyper reflexes.
>
>My doctor said that while I only had MILD preeclampsia before I
>delivered, he's calling this "post-partum SEVERE preeclampsia."
>
>Everything I've read says that preeclampsia goes away when you deliver
>the baby.
>
>My questions are these: is this pregnancy related? And, when will it go
>away? My doctor's a really nice guy, but I'm getting tired of seeing
>him!
>
>Thanks,
>Michele
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