Re: Eclampsia
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 10:08:01 -0600 (CST)
At Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Sony wrote:
>
>I have seen much information on pre-eclampsia, but haven't found much on
>eclampsia.
There may be nutritional, genetic predisposition and "different sperm"
factors involved in HELLP/pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.
>After my first child was born I had an eclamptic seizure (my
>blood pressure was 200/140 during the delivery and I don't remember much
>of anything that day...most of what I know is from my mother-who was
>present during the delivery) about 12 hours postpartum. After
>complications with HELP syndrome, I am fully recovered. I do not have
>high blood pressure normally, I am a quite healthy runner with no long
>term medical problems. I am pregnant again (10 years later)and
>wondering about the risks of both eclampsia and pre-eclampsia.
Rule of thumb - recurrence rate - 1 in 3.
>I was
>told by one OB that since the father of the baby is different than the
>first, my risks are greater than if I was pregnant with a baby from the
>same father because it is similar to a first pregnancy.
Two factors make you act like a first baby (increased risk of HELLP etc
in first pregnancies) #1 10 year interval between pregnancies and #2
different sperm (with different genetic makeup that your body may sense
as "foreign" or "different".
>Another OB told
>me that my chances are the same regardless of the sperm involved. Do
>you have any information that would be helpful for me? After what I went
>through I am apprehensive and want to be at least armed with as much
>information as possible.
In addition to what I wrote above, please search OBGYN.net for articles
and feel free to use the free Medline at OBGYN.net for articles, some
quite recent, on this and other topics.
A consult with a maternal fetal medicine specialist may help you as
well.
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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