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Eclampsia
Eclampsia
is the onset of
seizures
(convulsions) in a woman with
pre-eclampsia
. Pre-eclampsia is a disorder of
pregnancy
in which there is
high blood pressure
and either large amounts of
protein in the urine
or other organ dysfunction. Onset may be before, during, or after
delivery
. Most often it is during the second half of pregnancy. The seizures are of the
tonic–clonic
type and typically last about a minute. Following the seizure there is typically either a
period of confusion
or
coma
. Complications include
aspiration pneumonia
,
cerebral hemorrhage
,
kidney failure
, and
cardiac arrest
. Preeclampsia and eclampsia are part of a larger group of conditions known as
hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
.
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