Pre-Eclampsia And Eclampsia Disorders In Pregnant Women

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Resulting in retardation for the child with lack of oxygenation
and other proteins to fetus.
A term that must be known is chronic hypertension due to increased
pressure in the arteries and often associated with atherosclerosis (collections
of fatty substances on the inside wall of the arteries). It is not caused by
pregnancy, but may cause problems if a woman with chronic hypertension becomes
pregnant. It has an unknown cause. 15% of the time chronic hypertension is
secondary to a primary problem-that is a renal disorder, heart disease,
endocrine disorder or some other condition is the cause of the hypertensive
disease. Women with chronic hypertension who become pregnant are in high risk.
Because of arterial narrowing the blood supply to the uterus is compromised and
growth and oxygenation of the fetus are jeopardized. Pre-eclampsia and
eclampsia are also likely to develop, with characteristic tissue swelling and
proteinuria. In extreme full flown eclampsia ( convulsions or ...

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Going back to eclampsia or pre-eclampsia we could see
this example when the volume of the blood increases, because of sodium and
attraction of water and so does the pressure. The speed of the blood
decreases and that's when the body looses oxygen and cells die because the
supplements don't arrive as needed causing the systems to break down. There is
a cycle when pressure in the body is not at a normal, it goes from the heart not
working hard enough and the brain begins to die. ( another subject) In a
Venturimetter we could calculate the speed of a fluid in the horizontal tube
from the difference in pressure in the vertical tubes. Where the speed of the
fluid is lower the ...

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