What is the risk index for pregnancy-induced hypertension?

If pregnant women do not pay attention to their physical conditioning during pregnancy, many sequelae will occur after delivery. The most common postpartum sequelae for pregnant women is the occurrence of gestational hypertension. However, before this, many people do not know what gestational hypertension is and what is the gestational hypertension risk index. Let us learn about it together today.

Prevention of pregnancy-induced hypertension

1. Carry out prenatal examinations and provide good health care during pregnancy. Blood pressure should be measured once in early pregnancy as a baseline blood pressure during pregnancy, and then checked regularly thereafter, especially after 36 weeks of pregnancy. Changes in blood pressure and weight, and the presence of proteinuria, dizziness and other subjective symptoms should be observed every week.

2. Strengthen nutrition and rest during pregnancy. Strengthening nutrition during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, especially supplementing with protein, multiple vitamins, folic acid, and iron, can play a certain role in preventing pregnancy-induced hypertension[1]. The incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension increases in women with maternal nutritional deficiencies, hypoproteinemia or severe anemia.

3. Pay attention to the inducing factors and treat the primary disease. Think carefully about the family history and whether the pregnant woman's grandmother, mother or aunt has ever suffered from pregnancy-induced hypertension. If so, genetic factors should be considered. Pregnant women who have suffered from essential hypertension, chronic nephritis and diabetes before pregnancy are prone to gestational hypertension. If pregnancy occurs in a cold winter, prenatal examinations should be strengthened and treatment should be carried out early.

The key to preventing the occurrence of pregnancy-induced hypertension is to do a good job of prenatal care and understand blood pressure levels (blood pressure levels before pregnancy and during early pregnancy). In addition to measuring blood pressure, each prenatal check-up should also measure weight and check for protein in the urine. Special attention should be paid to pregnant women with a family history of pregnancy-induced hypertension, a history of chronic persistent hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, multiple pregnancies, and polyhydramnios. Taking 50 to 150 mg of aspirin orally every day during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy can reduce the risk of gestational hypertension by 65%.

Women who take oral contraceptives should have their blood pressure monitored to detect high blood pressure in a timely manner. If blood pressure rises, you should stop taking the medication and use other contraceptive methods to prevent the occurrence of high blood pressure. At the same time, a physical examination should be carried out. Blood pressure, weight, breast, liver, kidney and gynecological examinations must be carried out before taking contraceptives as a control level before taking the medicine. If it is found that oral contraceptives cannot be taken, then do not use them, and pay attention to measuring blood pressure regularly. Generally, blood pressure should be checked once every three months in the first year, and once every six months thereafter.

The above is what we usually call postpartum gestational hypertension and the risk index of postpartum gestational hypertension. I hope you can understand the answer carefully. After all, being prepared for such things will be helpful to our future. If we don’t know anything, we will not know what to do in the future.