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Pregnancy:Complaints:Swelling
Pregnancy - Why Are My Fingers Swollen?
Swollen fingers are often par for the course during pregnancy. Eighty percent of pregnant women complain of swelling (oedema), not just in the fingers but also in their legs, feet and ankles. Partic...
Swollen extremities (edema)
Learn how you can minimize the normal puffiness of pregnancy.
What is edema?
"What is edema? My step-mother (a nurse) is insisting that I have it. My doctor's have a different opinion. I am on 65 milligrams of iron and on the 4/17 and 4/30 appts the doctor's said I had a trace of protein in my urine. None was present before that and none after that. Am I in danger?"
Pregnancy:Health:HELLP
The Effects of PIH/HELLP Syndrome on Mother and Baby
After deliver stabilization is marked by decreasing blood pressure, increasing urine output and decreased edema and protein found in the urine. BP should return to the pre-pregnancy baseline within the first few weeks postpartum. Failure of blood pressure to return to normal should be reported and the patient should be monitored for potential chronic hypertension.
Pregnancy:Health:Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia (Toxemia of Pregnancy)
"Preeclampsia (Toxemia of Pregnancy) - Preeclampsia is a disorder associated with pregnancy that consists of hypertension, proteinuria, and new-onset nondependent edema that presents, in most cases, after the 20th week of pregnancy. Eclampsia is defined as"
