Take Charge of Your Future Health After a Preeclamptic Pregnancy
Global partners rally around important message on World Preeclampsia Day, May 22, 2021
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MELBOURNE, Fla., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ About one in ten women, globally, will experience a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP (
Hemolysis,
Low
Platelet count) Syndrome. Each year, these disorders claim the lives of nearly 76,000 mothers and 500,000 babies (as they are a leading cause of preterm birth) worldwide. The health risk does not end with the delivery of her baby. Research studies have shown that preeclampsia survivors are at 2-10 times greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), including stroke, and are four times more likely to have high blood pressure.