Preeclampsia with pregnancy, now possible Pulmonary Hypertension? PLEASE HELP!?
Hi! I am wondering if there is anyone else out there with the same situation??
(My daughter is now a happy, healthy 1 year old!) I developed severe preeclampsia in my third trimester of my pregnancy and had to have an emergency c-section due to fatally high blood pressures and a count of 4+ protein in my urine. After giving birth, I was given medication to lower my BP throughout a 6 week period. At my 6 week checkup, things seemed fine. It’s been almost a year since I gave birth (1 year on jan 23) and I have been having problems ever since I stopped taking those blood pressure medicines. My problems consist of chest pains, dizziness, short black outs, fatigue. . . all symptoms of pulmonary hypertension (consistently high blood pressure that, if left untreated, can become fatal). I get random chest pains, especially under my ribs. Dizziness is the worst. . . Any time i sit down and stand back up, no matter what the situation, i get dizzy and sometimes black out. I can’t even take showers standing up because I get dizzy, but when I am done with my shower and try to stand up to dry off, I immediately black out. There has not been one time that this doesn’t happen. Lately, it’s gotten worse to where I can be sitting down, totally at rest, and get dizzy. Fatigue is pretty often too. For most who will probably say this, I have not been to the doctor yet because I simply can’t afford it and don’t have insurance. However, I do have an appointment to get it checked out on the 15th of this month. I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced something like this?? Im terrified of the outcome of this appointment! Thanks!
Oh man! Thanks for the advice. . Yeah, my doc had told me during my recovery that if I had missed my regular doc’s appt where they detected the Preeclampsia, neither my daughter nor I would have made it another week. I find out the 15th. . . Hopefully this doctor doesnt overlook it and blow it off as something minor when it’s really something major
I forgot to mention that I am 2 months shy of being 18 years old, so I am still very young. Also, my father (who had a heart attack and quadrupal bypass surgery at the age of 40) and his father’s side of his family has history of heart disease and hypertension, so im really not going to be surprised if I come up with it too.
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May 29th, 2010 at 12:31 am
I had twins that had to be delivered csection at 29 weeks due to severe preeclampsia and had fatally high bp three times my dr said it was a medical mystery that I wasnt stroking out at those times. my bp never went down after I had my kids, it took over a year to get it under control and I have had to be on two different meds for the past year, it sounds like you may need to be on bp meds to help control is, it may be you heart is having a hard time with the bp being high that you arent able to pump the blood to your brain resulting in your blackouts. . . get into the dr asap
May 29th, 2010 at 1:19 am
It sounds to me like you could be suffering from some sort of heart problem or maybe even blood clots taht are blocking the flow of blood. Definitely see your doctor and tell them everything you’ve mentioned above. That is not normal and even with hypertention, it’s not normal to black out like this. Your body is blacking out to prevent you from dying. If you don’t get this taken care of, one of these days, you won’t wake up from it. Until you see the doctor, try to avoid caffiene, salt, and sugar because they can make your blood pressure shoot up. Also, try to take your showers sitting down and lower the temp of your water. The warmer the water, the higher your BP is going to get so you need to turn it down. Put a chair in the shower if at all possible. If that’s not an option, try taking a bath in the tub. You need to try to rest whenever possible and keep your feet up above your heart so it doesn’t have to work so hard. Good luck. I wish I could tell you everything is going to be ok.
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