I-Preeclampsia iyinkinga yokukhulelwa ethinta cishe u-5-8% wabo bonke abesifazane abakhulelwe. Ibonakala ngomfutho wegazi ophakeme kanye nokulimala kwezitho, njengezinso nesibindi. Ngokuvamile kuvela ngemva kwamasonto angu-20 okukhulelwa futhi kungaholela ezinkingeni ezinkulu zempilo kubo bobabili umama nengane uma ingelashwa.
Emgogodleni wayo, i-preeclampsia ibangelwa izinkinga ngokuthuthukiswa kwemithambo yegazi ku-placenta. Lokhu kungaholela ekwehleni kokugeleza kwegazi ku-fetus, kanye nokulimala kwezitho zikamama. Kunezici ezimbalwa eziyingozi ezingandisa amathuba okuba ne-preeclampsia, okuhlanganisa iminyaka yobudala (abesifazane abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-35 basengozini enkulu), ukukhuluphala ngokweqile, kanye nomlando womfutho wegazi ophakeme noma isifo sikashukela.
Izimpawu ze-preeclampsia zingahlanganisa umfutho wegazi ophakeme, ukuvuvukala ezandleni nasebusweni, ikhanda elibuhlungu, ukungaboni kahle nobuhlungu besisu. Ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu, kungaholela ekubanjweni (okwaziwa nge-eclampsia) ngisho nokufa. Kubalulekile ukuthi abesifazane abakhulelwe baye ngezikhathi ezimisiwe zokubeletha futhi abahlinzeki bezempilo baqaphe izimpawu ze-preeclampsia.
Ukwelashwa kwe-preeclampsia ngokuvamile kuhilela ukuqapha ngokucophelela umfutho wegazi nezinye izimpawu, kanye nemithi yokwehlisa umfutho wegazi nokuvimbela ukuquleka. Ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu, ukubeletha komntwana kusenesikhathi kungase kudingeke ukuze kuvikelwe impilo kamama.
Mayelana nokuvimbela, kunamasu amaningana abesifazane abakhulelwe abangawathatha ukuze banciphise ingozi yokuba ne-preeclampsia. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukulondoloza ukudla okunempilo kanye nesimiso sokuzivocavoca, ukuya ngezikhathi ezimisiwe zokubeletha, nokuphatha noma yiziphi izimo zempilo ezicashile.
Sekukonke, i-preeclampsia iyinkimbinkimbi yokukhulelwa edinga ukuqashwa eduze nokwelashwa. Ngokuhlala benolwazi ngezinto eziyingozi nezimpawu, abesifazane abakhulelwe bangasebenzisana nabahlinzeki babo bezempilo ukuze banciphise ingozi yokuba ne-preeclampsia futhi baqinisekise ukukhulelwa okunempilo nokubeletha.
