During pregnancy even the problem of hypertension is so common. As per the results of a recent research almost 8-10% pregnant women in the country are facing the blood pressure issues and from that more than 65 % of the women are experiencing the pregnancy for the first time and they do not have any prior experience.

Before pregnancy there are no perceptions made that what harm the pregnant lady may face during the pregnancy. There are chances in which it can leads to the death of the child as well as of the mother. Also various cases have been noticed in which there was a high risk of hypertension but the pregnancy gets through safely. 

Usually it has been seen that the ladies who gets unable to control their hypertension face these issues:

1-The mother may face some damage to the kidney or in the liver. This damage also can not be pre determined as it all depends from case to case.

2-There are chances of early delivery as well in which the lady gives birth before the expected time which results in the low weight birth.

3-There are cases in which the condition gets very critical and the mother is in such condition that she may generate preeclampsia which is very harmful for the both that is for the mother as well as to the fetus.

So through this, it can be analyzed that it is not easy for a women to give birth to the fetus in the high risk of hypertension. The risk can be lower down with the help of various medicines but along with that the mother has to face a lot and have to obey all the instructions given. These were the few main and he common effects of hypertension to the pregnant ladies and there are many more left which are worst than this.

To Your Health!

Most suffer from what is officially known as essential or primary hypertension which normally has few, or no, symptoms and more often than not develops gradually over many years. A much smaller, but nonetheless very significant, number of individuals suffer from secondary hypertension which arises out of an underlying medical condition and can occasionally present with a very rapid onset.

There are various medical conditions which can produce secondary hypertension but listed below are some of the more commonly found causes:

Sleep Apnea. The continual interruption to your breathing caused by sleep apnea leads to oxygen deprivation which causes damage to the lining of your blood vessels and affects the elasticity necessary in these blood vessels to control blood pressure.

Thyroid Problems. Excessive or inadequate hormone production from the thyroid gland, experienced in conditions such as hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, can, either directly or indirectly, result in a rise in blood pressure.

Kidney Problems. Your kidneys are composed of literally millions of minute blood vessels and structures which are designed to filter waste products from your blood. When this process of filtering is upset, such as in the case of polycystic kidney disease or hydronephrosis, one consequence is secondary hypertension.

Obesity. An increase in weight is frequently accompanied by a rise in heart rate, as your heart is put under pressure to push a growing amount of blood around your body, and a consequently increased pressure on the walls of your arteries.

Dietary Supplements. A number of commonly available dietary supplements, such as ginseng and St John's wort, are capable of producing hypertension.

Of course this list is not exhaustive and might also have included such items as prescription and over-the-counter medicines, preeclampsia, Cushing's disease, diabetes and much more.

Hypertension, whether secondary or primary, is a serious medical problem which can result in the development of other life-threatening conditions such as cardiovascular disease, heart disease and kidney failure.