{"id":580813,"date":"2022-03-25T16:11:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=580813"},"modified":"2022-03-25T16:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:11:46","slug":"pregnant-women-to-receive-life-saving-pre-eclampsia-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/pregnant-women-to-receive-life-saving-pre-eclampsia-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant women to receive life-saving pre-eclampsia check!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-eclampsia is a serious and dangerous condition pregnant women could face, it&#8217;s so severe that it can cause many complications like&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"i8Z77e\">\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Fetal growth restriction. &#8211; This means the unborn baby is smaller than expected for the gestational age<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Preterm birth. &#8230; Pre-term birth is when a baby is born far too early before you are classed as full-term at 37 weeks although most women can carry until 42 weeks.<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Placental abruption. &#8230; The placenta is an organ that develops in the uterus during pregnancy. Placental abruption\u00a0occurs when the placenta separates from the inner wall of the uterus before birth.<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">HELLP syndrome. &#8230; &#8220;HELLP syndrome stands for \u00a0(Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, and Low Platelets) which is a life-threatening condition for the baby.<\/li>\n<li class=\"TrT0Xe\">Cardiovascular disease &#8211; Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a general term for conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and many other complications, if you have pre-eclampsia you will experience severe headaches, changes in vision (including loss of vision or blurred vision), upper abdominal pain, and nausea or vomiting, pre-eclampsia usually get picked up between week 20 and 35 in pregnancy, but now a simple blood test can now be done to spot pre-eclampsia earlier in pregnancy!<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">PLGF is a protein that helps the development of new blood vessels in the placenta severely low levels could be an indicator that the placenta is not developing properly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_580829\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580829\" class=\"wp-image-580829 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1395101492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1395101492.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1395101492-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1395101492-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-580829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">image credits: <a class=\"jss467 jss44 jss46 jss45\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/marysmn\">Maria Sbytova<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Jeanette Kusel, from NICE, said: &#8220;These tests represent a step-change in the management and treatment of pre-eclampsia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;This is extremely valuable to doctors and expectant mothers as now they can have increased confidence in their treatment plans and prepare for a safe birth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tina Prendeville from Tommy&#8217;s, a charity funding research into miscarriage, stillbirth, and premature birth, said: &#8220;Tens of thousands of women have already been helped as this testing has been used across the country. With three-quarters of maternity units now using it, NICE&#8217;s consultation is very welcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>banner and image credits: <a class=\"jss1573 jss44 jss46 jss45\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/mikumipompom\">mikumistock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-eclampsia is a serious and dangerous condition pregnant women could face, it&#8217;s so severe that it can cause many complications like&#8230; Fetal growth restriction. &#8211; This means the unborn baby is smaller than expected for the gestational age Preterm birth. &#8230; Pre-term birth is when a baby is born far too early before you are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":580834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[171,2067],"class_list":["post-580813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-health","tag-pregnancy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580835,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580813\/revisions\/580835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}