What is eclampsia in pregnant women?

When a woman is about 20 weeks pregnant, she must pay attention to her physical condition. If she has symptoms such as fixed eyeballs, dilated pupils, and muscle twitching, it is very likely that she has eclampsia. When this disease is serious, the patient will fall into a deep coma, and the coma will be accompanied by convulsions. The harm to the pregnant woman is unpredictable. So what is eclampsia?

First, what is eclampsia in pregnant women? Eclampsia in pregnancy refers to a disease in which pregnant women suffer from dizziness and headache in the late pregnancy, labor or just after giving birth, suddenly faint, have convulsions in their hands and feet, wake up after a while, relapse after waking up, and even fall into a coma. It is called "eclampsia", also known as "pregnancy epilepsy syndrome". Eclampsia in pregnancy develops from the worsening of the signs and symptoms of pre-eclampsia. Eclampsia can occur during pregnancy, delivery or within 24 hours after delivery, and is respectively called antepartum eclampsia, labor pains and postpartum eclampsia. It is one of the four major causes of death in obstetrics. Once it occurs, maternal and fetal complications and mortality rates will increase significantly, so special attention should be paid and emergency treatment should be given. Once a pregnant woman develops eclampsia, the situation is very serious and the mortality rate is extremely high.

Second, Chinese medicine believes that eclampsia during pregnancy is mostly caused by kidney yin deficiency, liver failure to nourish, hyperactivity of heart fire, inflammation of both heart and liver fire, or improper diet, excessive fatigue, worry and anger that damage the spleen, spleen failure to function properly, water and moisture accumulation into phlegm, and phlegm and fire disturbance. Eclampsia during pregnancy is mostly caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency, which leads to blood accumulation to nourish the fetus after pregnancy, resulting in yin and blood deficiency, yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, which leads to internal disturbance of liver wind, virtual fire ascending, triggering heart fire, and fanning of wind and fire.

Third, Western medicine believes that the GMP-140 content in normal late pregnancy women is very low, while the GMP-140 content in preeclampsia women is higher, especially in severe cases, which is higher than in mild cases. The changes in GMP-140 content are related to the severity of the disease, reflecting that platelets are highly activated during preeclampsia.

What is eclampsia in pregnant women? Eclampsia can occur during pregnancy, delivery or within 24 hours after delivery, and is respectively called antepartum eclampsia (pre-eclampsia), intrapartum eclampsia and postpartum eclampsia. It is one of the four major causes of death in obstetrics. Once it occurs, maternal and fetal complications and mortality rates will increase significantly, so special attention should be paid and emergency treatment should be given.