eclampsia

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Recent Examples of eclampsia Symptoms of eclampsia include high blood pressure, headaches, blurry vision and convulsions. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 18 July 2025 The risk of pre-eclampsia, a dangerous hypertensive disorder that is poorly understood but remains a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality worldwide, is less than 5% among the general population of pregnant women. Sarah Varney, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025 As fate would have it, once healed she was next hired by a foundation that worked to raise awareness about pre-eclampsia. Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025 Interestingly, breakthroughs in women’s healthcare, like the recent discovery about pre-eclampsia, have revealed how conditions traditionally thought to affect women can be linked to factors involving men’s health as well. Britney Porter, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eclampsia
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Noun
  • Symptoms can be severe and include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, sometimes following gastrointestinal symptoms.
    News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • During the Cold War, the Horn was an epicenter of proxy wars between the United States and the Soviet Union; as the Cold War drew to a close, the region experienced political convulsions: regime change in Ethiopia, state collapse in Somalia, and civil wars in Sudan.
    ALAN BOSWELL, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Low magnesium can raise your risk for muscle cramps, weakness, spasms, and overall pain.
    Kirstyn Hill, Health, 1 Oct. 2025
  • These faulty proteins accumulate in a deep brain structure called the striatum and cause symptoms such as uncontrollable movements, muscle spasms and cognitive decline that worsen over time.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • McGuinness said that cancer being caught at earlier stages has led to more women receiving treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation sooner, which can reduce the chances of recurrence.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Kurian agreed, adding that patients who have done well with surgery but who experience weight recurrence will often benefit from adding a medication to their treatment.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the season 7 premiere, it's revealed that Antonio is back in rehab after a relapse.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The first year in remission is the most likely time for a relapse to occur, but the chances grow smaller and smaller as the years go on.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Eclampsia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eclampsia. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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