🩺 Preeclampsia: How We Try to Protect 

 Even When Risk Is High

When a woman is at high risk of preeclampsia,

the goal of care is not to promise prevention 

but to reduce risk, delay progression, and protect both mother and baby as much as possible.

💥Protection starts before symptoms appear.

What protective care really means:

🔹 Pre-pregnancy assessment whenever possible.

Understanding baseline blood pressure, medical conditions, and previous pregnancy history matters.

🔹 Early antenatal booking

Care that starts late cannot undo processes that begin early in pregnancy.

🔹 Low-dose aspirin when indicated

Started early, at the right dose, for the right patient  not as a guarantee, but as risk reduction.

🔹 Calcium supplementation when appropriate.

Especially in populations with low dietary intake.

🔹 Tight blood pressure surveillance

Not just treatment  but trend monitoring and timely adjustment.

🔹 Focused placental and fetal surveillance

Growth scans, Dopplers, and clinical judgment  not assumptions.

🔹 Care in a high-risk setting

Where escalation decisions are made early, not after deterioration.

✌These measures do not eliminate risk 

but they change outcomes.

Protection in preeclampsia is about preparation, vigilance, and timing 

not reassurance.

Dr Rabab Cares

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