What is the difference between Preeclampsia, Toxemia, PET, and PIH?
Preeclampsia, Toxemia, PIH, PET, as well as gestosis ephegesis serious concern, closely associated with pregnancy hypertension conditions. Toxemia is the older term based on the belief that the condition is the result of toxins (poisons), in the blood. PET (preeclamptic toxaemia) is a term used for older doctors in the UK and other countries. Ephegesis gestosis, rarely used in the United States, is a term that is usually associated with preeclampsia. PIH, the new terms, means Hypertension Induced abortion.
• Preeclampsia-eclampsia • Preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension You may encounter other names like toxemia, PET (pre-eclampsia/toxemia) and PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension) EPH gestosis (edema, proteinuria, hypertension), but these designations are all outdated terms and no longer used by medical experts. The Preeclampsia Foundation also focuses on two other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, which include: • Chronic hypertension (hypertension when you are not pregnancy) which may not have been diagnosed before pregnancy • Gestational hypertension, blood pressure rising after the 20th week but not accompanied by proteinuria.
