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Overview
Eclampsia, like preeclampsia, tends to occur more commonly in first pregnancies and young mothers where it is thought that exposure to paternal antigens still has been low.
Risk factors
- History of preeclampsia/eclampsia: Personal history of a similar event in the past or family history is a significant risk factor for recurrence in the next pregnancy.
- Women with preexisting vascular diseases:
- Chronic hypertension: Chronic hypertension is defined as high blood pressure present before pregnancy or before 20 weeks of pregnancy. If left untreated, it can progress to gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia, or eclampsia.
- Gestational hypertension:
- Diabetes
- Renal diseases
- Gestational diabetes
- History of Gestational diabetes
- Obesity
- Nulliparity
- Primigravida
- Preexisting thrombophilic diseases such as:
- Conditions with a large placenta:
- Connective tissue disorders
- Systemic lupus erythematous
- Genetics: Patients whose mother or sister had the condition are at a higher risk.[1]
References
- ↑ Chesley LC, Annitto JE, Cosgrove RA. "The familial factor in toxemia of pregnancy". Obstet Gynecol 1968;32:303.