About 50 per cent pregnant women are living at a high risk due to hypertension and if not treated at early stage, it may pose threat to mother and baby’s life. According to medical officials, nearly 40,000 women around the world die each year due to gestational hypertension and its complications.
Hypertension, the most common issue encountered during pregnancy affects around 50 per cent pregnant women in India. A hypertension disorder in pregnancy is a leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide.
Calling it as a silent disease that may occur without any symptoms, Dr Archana Dhawan Bajaj, Consultant Gynecologist at Nurture IVF Centre said that high blood pressure during pregnancy causes less blood to flow through the placenta, delivering less oxygen and fewer nutrients to growing baby. Chronic hypertension increases the risk for a number of pregnancy complications.
Informing about the severity of the disease, the doctors said after 20 weeks of pregnancy, occurrence of high blood pressure is called Gestational Hypertension leading to many other problems.