Eclampsia

Introduction: Eclampsia

Any type of high blood pressure occuring during pregnancy is a type of "gestational hypertension". Preeclampsia is severe high blood pressure during pregnancy, and eclampsia is very severe pregnancy gestational hypertension leading to seizures.

Symptoms of Eclampsia

• Early symptoms:
  • See symptoms of preeclampsia - early stages are called preeclampsia
  • High blood pressure
  • Headaches
  • Edema

See full list of 11 symptoms of Eclampsia

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Eclampsia:

• Home Pregnancy Tests
  • Home Early Pregnancy Tests
  • Home Ovulation Tests
  • Home Fertility Tests
  • Home Rhesus/RH Blood Type Tests
  • Home Fetal Tests
• Fertility-related Home Testing:
  • Home Ovulation Tests
  • Home Fertility Tests
• Male Fertility Tests
  • Home Sperm Tests
  • Sperm Count Tests
  • Sperm Motility Tests
• High Cholesterol: Home Testing:
  • Home Cholesterol Tests
  • Home Triglycerides Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Tests
• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Diet & Weight Loss: Home Testing:
  • Home Weight Testing
  • Home Body Fat Testing (BMI)
  • Home Body Fat Monitoring
  • Home Fitness Testing
• Diabetes: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Diabetes Tests
  • Home Blood Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Ketone Tests
  • Home Diabetes HbA1c Tests
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Eye Tests

Diagnostic Tests for Eclampsia

• Blood pressure test
• Proteinuria test

Read more about tests for Eclampsia

Wrongly Diagnosed with Eclampsia?

• Misdiagnosis of Eclampsia
• Failure to diagnose Eclampsia
• Underlying causes of Eclampsia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Eclampsia

Misdiagnosis and Eclampsia

Metabolic syndrome often undiagnosed: Metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, is an often overlooked medical condition that causes a...read more »

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common for people to die...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some of the conditions which may be ...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this undiagnosed condition can be fatal. It should be considered for...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are...read more »

Rare type of breast cancer without a lump: There is a less common form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer. Its symptoms can be an inflammation of the breast tissue, such as with a ...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood...read more »

Over-diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in obese patients: A diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, particularly pulmonary arterial hypertension, is often a misdiagnosis in obese patients. Exertional dyspnea...read more »

Obesity-related conditions undiagnosed in children: A variety of conditions are associated with obesity (see obesity), but these tend to be undiagnosed more often in child patients than in adults. Some...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the ...read more »

Undiagnosed celiac disease in pregnancy harms fetus: The failure to diagnose the common but less known digestive disease celiac disease (see symptoms of celiac disease...read more »

Misdiagnosed weight-related causes of infertility: A woman's weight status can affect her level of fertility. Although obesity or overweight can in themselves reduce fertility, there are other weight-related or associated...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Eclampsia

Causes of Eclampsia

Read more about causes of Eclampsia.

More information about causes of Eclampsia:

• Eclampsia as a complication caused by other conditions
• Eclampsia as a symptom

Treatments for Eclampsia

• Bed rest
• Fetal monitoring
• Emergency Caesarian delivery - in severe cases
• Hospitalization
• Intensive care

See full list of 7 treatments for Eclampsia

Videos for Eclampsia

Patient Surveys for Eclampsia

• Patient Profile Survey
  Take Survey  View Results
• Survey about the symptoms of your Eclampsia
  Take Survey  View Results

Reseach about Eclampsia

Visit our research pages for current research about Eclampsia treatments.

Clinical Trials for Eclampsia

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Eclampsia include:

• Prospective Study in Pregnant Women With Hypercoagulopathy - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Calcium for Pre-Eclampsia Prevention (CPEP) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - calcium
• Hypertensive and Normal Pregnancy--Calcium Metabolism and Renin-Angiotensin - SCOR in Hypertension - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Antioxidant Therapy to Prevent Preeclampsia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vitamin C and E
• Randomized Study of Nimodipine Versus Magnesium Sulfate in the Prevention of Eclamptic Seizures in Patients With Severe Preeclampsia - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - magnesium sulfate,nimodipine

See full list of 36 Clinical Trials for Eclampsia

Prevention of Eclampsia

Prevention information for Eclampsia has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Eclampsia.

• Blood pressure tests - screening for high blood pressure during pregnancy
• See prevention of Preeclampsia and treatment of Preeclampsia
• See prevention of gestational hypertension and treatment of gestational hypertension

Read more about prevention of Eclampsia

Statistics for Eclampsia

• Medical statistics for Eclampsia
• Death and Mortality statistics for Eclampsia
• Society statistics for Eclampsia

Stories from Users Related to Eclampsia

• pre eclampsia / toxemia

Related forums and stories:

• Blood Conditions (92)
  • Anemia - ice chewing
  • small red spots on arms legs back chest
  • Low Platelets, Low white blood count
  • Magnesium Deficiency
  • tingly, heavy arms
  • More user stories

User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Eclampsia, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
• See all the forums.

Article Excerpts about Eclampsia

Eclampsia is the occurrence, in a woman with preeclampsia, of seizures that cannot be attributed to other causes. Convulsions usually occur after midpregnancy, and may occur postpartum. (Source: excerpt from REPORT of the WORKING GROUP on RESEARCH on HYPERTENSION DURING PREGNANCY: NHLBI)

Definitions of Eclampsia:

Convulsions and coma occurring in pregnant or puerperal women, associated with hypertension, edema, and proteinuria. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy - (Source - WordNet 2.1)