Pregnancy Hypertension Complications
When I was pregnant, my blood pressure was monitored quite closely.Visit my site: www.getpregnantover40.com for more pregnancy over 40 articles
Although older women tend to have problems with blood pressure in pregnancy, thankfully, min was normal. As far as blood pressure medications, in the past, there were concerns that ACE inhibitors were associated with birth defects. However, this article also talks about how high blood pressure itself may also be a risk factor. Read more:Researchers behind a new, larger study suggest it’s the high blood pressure itself that is responsible for the higher risk of birth defects, not the medications.
Compared to women without high blood pressure, those with the condition were more likely to have babies with congenital heart, brain or spinal-cord defects regardless of whether they were taking ACE inhibitors, other medications, or getting no treatment at all, the study found. The study was published online this week in the journal BMJ.
De-Kun Li and colleagues from Kaiser Permanente in California examined data covering more than 460,000 pregnant women and their babies from 1995 to 2008 for the study, which was paid for by groups including the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
from:
theglobeandmail.com
