What the physician do in case of eclampsia or high blood pressure during the pregnancy?
Initially, he suspects the diagnosis of eclampsia in case of a high blood pressure, especially if it minimal (diastolic) is higher than 100 millimetres of mercury (10). Then, the diagnosis is confirmed by a high protein concentration in the urine. Then, an antihypertensive drug therapy is prescribed, but in a very careful way so that the blood pressure does not drop too quickly because the blood flow would be severely reduced in the placenta. When the birth is imminent, the practitioner gives antihypertensive drugs by intravenous way, but if the birth is not imminent then tablets are prescribed so as to delay the birth as much as possible. What does the physician in case of a high blood pressure already existing before the pregnancy? The majority of women who have high blood pressure before the pregnancy will slightly increase the value of their blood pressure and the cardiovascular risk is thus weak. In general, the blood pressure will naturally decrease during the second quarter of t
