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Morolake Badom

Dr. Green

University of Texas, Arlington

Women’s Health: Preeclampsia in Pregnant Women.

Introduction

Preeclampsia, it is a difficulty that progresses without any signs being present. High blood pressure may develop At a slow pace or an inception (Koster, et al. 2015). Monitoring blood pressure its an essential part of parental care. This is because the first sign of Preeclampsia is mainly a rise in blood pressure. There are other symptoms like having excess protein in the urine. There also may be additional signs like the problems that are conservative agents of kidney problems. Nausea and vomiting are also other symptoms that may be present. In women who Preeclampsia, the blood vessels do not seem to develop or function in the proper man.

Risk and health issues.

There are some more risks of health that women are prone to whenever they are pregnant. There are some health risk factors. One of these is the history of Preeclampsia. If the family that one is from has had an issue of Preeclampsia, the chances of a person contracting the disease is very high. Some diseases look like they are found in the genetic makeup of people. Whenever one had such a; problem, many more people, might receive the same in the same family. Sometimes it has been a family weakness, and this poses dangers to those who get pregnant.

The higher risk of developing Preeclampsia is high in the first pregnancy (Chavarro, et al. 2019). Many women who have contracted the disease are said to be those who are said to be the first-timers in getting pregnancy. The information was found through the many research that was done. Many women who had this problem were the first-timers to get pregnant. Although it occurred to the women who had given birth more than one time, it was mainly experienced with people who got their pregnancies for the first time.

Another risk is multiple pregnancy. Preeclampsia mainly happens to those women who are carrying more than one child. The women who are carrying more than one child have a higher risk, according to the professionals. They can contract these diseases faster than anybody else. It has been confirmed in most of the cases that the people who have mainly had the disease they had a pregnancy that was of more than just a child. The interval at which one gets children is another issue of concern. Many women get the first child and stay for several years before getting another child.

Such women are at a risk of contracting Preeclampsia. Also, the women who get babies less than two years apart are said to be at risk. It has been confirmed that those women that give birth to one child and then stay for a long time without getting another are really at risk of the disease. These were through a confirmation from the doctors in charge. There is another reason that is the history of certain conditions. Some women have had the histories of having other conditions such as kidney diseases. Such women are said to be at a high risk.

If a woman is highly obese, then she has a risk of contracting the dieses. Those women with massive bodies and do not go out for an exercise have high chances of contracting the disease. The other risk factor comes according to the race that one is from. People mainly who are from the dark race the doctors say that they have high chances of contracting the disease more than anybody else. When a woman has chronic hypertension is also at the risk of contracting Preeclampsia. Those women who have been having the problem of hypertension also are more endangered to contacting the disease.

There are some of the health issues that develop as a result of Preeclampsia. One of these issues is the fetal growth constraint. Preeclampsia distresses the arteries that are used to carry blood to the placenta. If the arteries are affected, some complications develop on the way. Whenever the placenta receives less blood and oxygen, then it means that fewer nutrients will be received in the body. Low nutrients content will lead to the baby growing at a slower rate. It can lead to fetal growth restriction and low birth weight. This can affect the child in the whole life.

Another health issue is preterm birth. If a woman contracts Preeclampsia, which has severe features, then she might get delivered early. This kind of prematurity can lead to problems like breathing and some other problems for the baby. The healthcare providers are the only ones who can help such women about when is the critical time of delivery. Prematurity sometimes, it has also led to the death of some children. It has also led to some children live with the problem for the rest of their lives.

Placental abruption is the other health issue. Preeclampsia increases the risks that are there of placental abruption. This is a condition where the placenta separates from the inner wall of the uterus, and this is time before delivery. Severe abruption causes severe breeding that could be endangering once life. Much breeding is a danger to a person’s health since this can easily lead to death. This is because blood aids in all activities of the body, and this is why the body functions. If such a condition is not looked at well, then it will cause death.

Another organ damage is another health issue that is caused by Preeclampsia. Whenever Preeclampsia is not controlled, then it becomes difficult to know which patient will have severe damages to the body. Preeclampsia may result in the damage of the kidneys, liver lung heart, or even the eyes. Sometimes it also causes stroke of the brain or brain injury. Whenever one contracts these diseases, there might be many problems. Stroke is one of these issues, and it leads to the body being paralyzed. If the brain is affected, it will also mean that the person might lose all the ordinary senses.

Cardiovascular disease is another health issue that can be brought about contracting Preeclampsia. Contracting preeclampsia may increase once risk of future heart and blood vessels disease. This risk gets to be even more significant if one has had the case of Preeclampsia more than once. To make sure that the risk is minimized any time after delivery, it is good to try to maintain an ideal weight. It is good to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables; exercising regularly is essential as well as avoiding smoking.

There are some different kinds of social factors that have been used to assess health and to determine healthcare (Clifford, 2019).  One of the social factors that can be used to determine health is the education level. The education level of an individual tells the type of healthcare system that one might go through. People who have undergone the education system have been introduced to ways of making sure that they have protected themselves against some things. The education systems have ensured that they have instilled in their curricular some essential health tips and the ways to make sure that one has lived a healthy life.

The level of education that one is in is also another significant determining factor. People who have been to schools, and they have been more educated are most likely to pay attention to the doctor’s prescriptions. People with a higher education level will make sure that they have understood all the health concerns. Even though not working in the health department, people who are higher in the levels of education make sure that they have adhered to the health requirements. They will follow them strictly since they know the importance of good health. Many will have balanced diets in order to make sure that they remain healthy.

Another factor that determines health is social, economic status. Social, economic status includes how wealthy the person is. It also includes factors like how much is the one earning or how much can afford. Health is about money since some of the services are expensive than others. In society, different people are enabled differently financially. For these reasons, all the people will look for different services. There are those people who will look for the private sectors that might be charging high, and others will look for the government hospitals. The private sector is believed to be providing better services than the public health centers.

For this reason, people who are well up will look for services in the private sectors that they believe is better for them. Many people in the society have distinct differences in their social income as well, and this continues to cause even more differences in the kind of healthcare one is going to get. People with much wealth will look for the best health care systems, whereas people who do not have much wealth will only go to the affordable areas. People with wealth also make sure that they have all that is required to ensure that their health is at stake.

The physical environment is another social factor that influences the type of healthcare that a person will have. From the people that one is living around and the status of the environment that one is in, it will highly determine the type of health that one is going to have. If one lives in an environment such a the streets, the high chances will be that the kind of health such a person is going to get its not the best. This is because they are exposed to many health dangers, and such people do not have money to maintain all the health standards that are required.

The people that live around will also be a higher explanation to the kind of life that an is living. If the individual has people who are really considerate about health, then it means that the individual will also own the characteristics as such. If the people around are not much into maintaining better health, the individual will also be drowning in such characteristics. If the people surrounding are people who maintain health, most probably, such people will all look for better healthcare systems.

The other factor that determines the type of health is access to the healthcare systems. Some healthcare systems are not accessible (Hälg, Potrafke, & Sturm,2020). Some are far away, and they require a lot in order to be accessed. Some of the healthcare facilities are at a far distance, and it might require much money in order to get to such healthcare systems. If the individual that is looking for health does not have such amounts will not then get to the facility. If healthcare requires much money to provide healthcare services, it will not be accessible.

For these reasons, many people might fail to get the healthcare facility. This will mean that the individual will not access the facility for lack of enough money. Some of the healthcare facilities are found even at overseas. In such matters, it will not be easy to access such a facility if one is not well enabled financially. If the service was found in overseas only, then such an individual has no cash, he will not be able to access the service. For this reason, it will be the conservative agent here for such an individual not to access a service.

Employment is another social issue. People who are employed most likely they will be able to access better healthcare. This is due to the availability of money. People who are working have an assurance that at the end of the month, they will be paid, and hence such an amount can be used to cater for health. Jobless people will only look at some matters like how to get food and some other basic needs. They will not afford high-level services but the low-level ones. The money that they have is the factor here. Since they do not have much cash, then they will not access high-level services.

Social network is another vulnerable factor. Social networks mainly involve friends, peers, and also family members. When an individual is under stress, he can use such individuals to make that he is okay. This provides the comfort that there are people who are providing support, and it is essential to ensure that the health of such an individual is at stake. Such people may be of providing medical guidelines and the best advice to an individual. Such people will determine the healthcare services of an individual.

In healthcare, there are many challenges. One of the challenges that are there is that management systems have had errors. The management in many countries have failed to ensure that they have provided better services to the population of that nation. Many people are suffering the issues on health since the government has not put n place better measures to make sure that health program is affordable to all the people. For these reasons, many deaths have occurred as a result since many people do not have enough money to cater for the more expensive health care systems.

There are not researches and practices that have addressed well the issue of the healthcare system. Mostly many of the countries do not do researches to find out what are the health challenges that have undertaken place. Most of the countries have really not done enough research to ensure that they know the problems that are affecting their citizens. This has been a problem for a long time. For this reason, the state cannot be in a position to know the problems that its citizens are going through.

Many countries are facing financial challenges to cater to the health sector. Many countries do not have enough resources to fund their hospitals. They also do not have the required amounts to purchase all the requirements that are needed. Many of the countries have not provided enough employment opportunities to all its citizens. For these reasons, not all the people have ensured that they follow all the required procedures required to maintain a better living. This being the reason why people are failing to maintain better health, the government should come up with ways to create employment opportunities. These will ensure that they have improved the health standards, and these will reduce the number of deaths.

People ignore the other challenging thing. Their doctors advise some people about the importance of healthy eating, but some people are ignorant. Some also advised that exercise is good, but some go ahead, ignoring. The best thing that the government can do is to ensure that all the people who are found to have any disease, most especially Preeclampsia should make sure that they have followed such a person until they are sure that the patient is well. The government should also improve measures on how to come up with a healthcare system that is cheap and affordable.

The government should make improvements in the field of science. This will ensure that many people join it to research for the possible solutions in order to come up with the best methods of making sure that such diseases are treated. This is important since the science field will provide answers to whatever the questions are. The research that is to be carried out will ensure that there will be enough information and procedures to be followed in order to close the gaps that are there. Patients will be treated in a better way since there will be more and adequate measures to be followed in giving treatments.

The government should come up with methodologies to ensure that all the citizens can manage better healthcare services (Bevan, Evans, & Nuti, 2019). This will be through ensuring that all the citizens are registered through government insurances. These will help citizens to look for medications in any hospital since any amounts will be payable from the government. The government should also make sure that all the citizens most, especially those who are found with diseases such as Preeclampsia, are treated with no charges. The government should also come up with ways of funding the research centers to improve understanding of such matters.

From the researches that are done, most of the people who attract this disease are mainly women who are at the age of forty. When discovered, they are given ways to prevent the diseases from keeping on being more dangerous on them. They undergo various testing and going for clinics for check-ups. Mainly they are referred to a particular unit care desk. The search for additional tests continues, and this is what prevents the disease from posing even more dangers to the patient.

Conclusion

To prevent the spread of diseases especially on women when they are pregnant it is important to make sure that they are undertaken all the processes to make sure their health is at stake. The pregnant women should make that they go in the hospital offenly to ensure that they do not get the kind of diseases.

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