Pregnancy-induced hypertension usually occurs during

Pregnancy-induced hypertension refers to high blood pressure in pregnant women. Once pregnancy-induced hypertension occurs, it indicates that there is a problem with the pregnant woman's body. Hypertension during pregnancy needs to be checked at a certain time point to make the results more accurate. Hypertension during pregnancy, also known as gestational hypertension, is a very serious disease that pregnant women must not underestimate. How long does gestational hypertension last?

Preeclampsia refers to the specific increase in blood pressure during pregnancy. It is generally believed that preeclampsia should appear after May of pregnancy. Only the increase in blood pressure, proteinuria and edema after May can be diagnosed as preeclampsia.

If high blood pressure occurs before the fifth month of pregnancy, for example, high blood pressure occurs as soon as pregnancy occurs, this situation should not be considered as gestational hypertension, but should be considered as high blood pressure existing before pregnancy. However, it was not diagnosed at that time, so May is generally used as the boundary. High blood pressure before May should be treated as essential hypertension, and if high blood pressure occurs after May, intervention should be carried out according to gestational hypertension.

When is the most accurate time to measure blood pressure during pregnancy?

Generally, the blood pressure upon waking up is more accurate and can be used as the standard blood pressure. Blood pressure also changes if measured accurately after exercise or a meal.

Therefore, there is no need to rush to accurately measure your blood pressure after visiting the hospital. In this way, it is very easy to increase blood pressure. It is recommended that you sit down and rest quietly for 15-20 minutes after arriving at the hospital, and then measure your blood pressure accurately.

Normal range of blood pressure for pregnant women

The average blood pressure range for healthy young women is 110/70 to 120/80. The blood pressure range for pregnant women is systolic pressure (high pressure) between 90-14b250mHg (12.0-18.7kpa), and diastolic pressure (base pressure) between 60-9b250mHg (8.0-12.5kpa). If it is higher than this range, it may be hypertension or borderline hypertension, so pay attention to the occurrence of gestational hypertension; if it is lower than this range, it may be hypotension, so increase your nutrition.

What to do if pregnant women have high blood pressure

Diet therapy

Pregnant women should limit calorie intake appropriately and avoid overeating. Because obesity is a risk factor for hypertension in pregnancy and pregnant women require reduced caloric intake after bed rest, excessive caloric load may exacerbate the condition. Moderately reduce the intake of table salt. If you take too much salt, the sodium will stay in the blood vessel walls, increasing the sensitivity of the blood vessel walls to increasing substances. Eat high-quality high-protein foods, because pregnancy-induced hypertension causes proteinuria, often accompanied by hypoproteinemia, but this is except for those with renal insufficiency. Appropriate supplementation of vitamins, minerals and iron supplements can reduce the incidence of hypertension during pregnancy.

Posture therapy

Pregnant women with pregnancy-induced hypertension should sleep on their left side in bed to rest, because sleeping on the left side has a good effect on urination, can reduce the compression of the inferior vena cava, improve the function of the placenta, and correct the lack of oxygen in the uterus and embryo.

Methods of blood pressure lowering drug treatment

Hypertension during pregnancy can be treated by taking antihypertensive drugs orally. However, the choice of medicines and the way of taking them should be carried out under the guidance of a doctor during actual treatment.

Because the treatment of pregnancy-induced hypertension should pay attention to the safety of both pregnancy and fetus or newborn baby, when treating pregnancy-induced hypertension, safer diet and posture therapy should be selected as much as possible. Weigh the pros and cons when choosing antihypertensive drugs and medication treatment opportunities. Although some authorities have provided some drugs for the treatment of hypertension during pregnancy, most of them are indirect data based on animal trials or incomplete clinical data.

According to the introduction in the article, we can understand that blood pressure can be more accurate if it is checked when we wake up every day. The blood pressure of pregnant women generally has a normal range. If you are a patient with hypertension during pregnancy, you'd better refer to the content in this article carefully and take treatment measures in time.