VIDEO: All you need to know about Preeclampsia – Dr Chris Aimahiku

Preeclampsia is a disease of hypertension and protein in the urine which affects some pregnant women.

Preeclampsia is a disease where some women develop high blood pressure in pregnancy and it affects kidney making her have protein in her urine.

“It is a disease of hypertension and proteinuria. It is a disease that a woman will not have usually since she is not hypertensive; she develops the disease around the 20 weeks of pregnancy”,

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Ayodamola Owoseye is a senior reporter covering the health beat for PREMIUM TIMES.  She is a graduate of the University of Ibadan, and holds a B.A in Anthropology and M.Sc in Information Science. Ayodamola advocates gender equity and loves travelling and listening to old skool music. Twitter: @damolaowoseye

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