The best way to deal with pre-eclampsya is to target the cause, which is probably high blood pressure. If you can get your blood pressure under control the symptoms will significantly decrease. If you are 38 weeks pregnant or more, the best way to get rid of pre-eclampsya is to deliver!
The tendency to develop preeclampsia appears to run in families. The daughters and sisters of women who have had preeclampsia are more likely to develop the condition.
Eclampsia occurs in about 1 out of every 200 women with preeclampsia.
African-American women have higher rates of preeclampsia than do Caucasian women.
Most importantly, it is clear that careful monitoring during pregnancy is necessary to diagnose preeclampsia early.
Risk for injury related to preeclampsia. A nursing diagnosis for preeclampsia isn't really possible since we nurses can't practice medicine. We'll be assessing for clonus, epigastric pain, headache, etc. (Which are signs of impending eclampsia.)
Child birth
Preeclampsia.
Complications of pregnancy. In preeclampsia, the woman has dangerously high blood pressure, swelling, and protein in the urine. If allowed to progress, this syndrome will lead to eclampsia.
Research is being done with patients in high risk groups to see if calcium supplementation, aspirin, or fish oil supplementation may help prevent preeclampsia.
If untreated both mother and child can die.
Preeclampsia is water retention in pregnant women. I had it when I was pregnant with my twins and barely urinated for 3 weeks. It can be dangerous if left unchecked. As for the psoriasis link, I very seriously doubt it. I do not have psoriasis and I was preeclampsic.
No. Preeclampsia is specifically PREGNANCY induced hypertension (or high blood pressure). Other symptoms that accompany the high blood pressure are proteinuria (protein in the urine) and swelling due to fluid shifts within the body. The only way to cure preeclampsia is by delivering the baby. So this is not a disorder that can affect men. Hope this helps!