High blood pressure more likely to affect pregnant women with hypertensive disorders


High blood pressure more likely to affect pregnant women with    hypertensive disorders

 
Pregnant women diagnosed with hypertensive disorders are more susceptible to high blood pressure in the first year after delivery as compared to women who did not have any pregnancy-related hypertension.
Disorders like Hypertensive disorders are very common in pregnant women. Around 10 to 12% of all pregnant women are affected with this disorder and include  hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia.
According to various researches it is shown that hypertensive disorders during pregnancy is associated with long-term cardiovascular disease risk but very little is known about the effect of these conditions in the early years after delivery.
A study was done to see the importance to monitor and control blood pressure not only during pregnancy, but after delivery as well.
Researchers examined the electronic health records of around 6000 women who had prenatal care and delivered a baby. Women having pre-pregnancy high blood pressure were not included in the analysis.
In the study it was found that women who had a hypertensive disorder during pregnancy were 2.5 times more likely to develop pre-hypertension or hypertension in the year after delivery and women with pre-eclampsia were 2.7 times more likely to to develop pre-hypertension or hypertension in the year after delivery than those women who maintained a normal blood pressure during their pregnancy, after controlling for differences between the groups.
It was observed that the women with pregnancy-related hypertension were be slightly younger and overweight or obese before pregnancy in comparison to women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy
So, it is advised that Women who develop hypertension, preeclampsia, or eclampsia in pregnancy must discuss about monitoring their blood pressure after delivery with their physicians
Also further research should be done to determine early blood pressure screening and to improve treatment of women with pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders so that cardiovascular disease can be prevented.

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