eclampsia

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Recent Examples of eclampsia 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 Experts say there appear to be several risk factors, including pregnancies involving twins or other multiples, a maternal age of 35 or older and high blood pressure, including pre-eclampsia, a serious pregnancy complication characterized by elevated blood pressure. Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025 Hodson said Hughes had been diagnosed with pre-eclampsia late in her pregnancy but was otherwise healthy. Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025 In some instances, preeclampsia can lead to severe complications, including eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for eclampsia
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Noun
  • Mild cases can include muscle aches, tiredness and vomiting and diarrhea, while more severe symptoms may include stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 May 2025
  • More severe symptoms include headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, spasmodic dysphonia causes involuntary spasms in the muscles of the voice box or larynx.
    Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • Then stage two involves jerking movement, spasms, loss of vision, dementia, and seizures.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • With antibiotics only, the recurrence rate of appendicitis within a year is about 15-41%.8 Complicated Acute Appendicitis Complicated appendicitis occurs when acute appendicitis advances to a more severe stage, often involving rupture.
    Brandi Jones, Health, 17 May 2025
  • The healthcare team creates a screening schedule for colon cancer recurrence.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Some patients experience dramatic relapses, others a slow and steady decline.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • Following his first two relapses at HealthRight’s detox facility, he was transferred to a men’s residential treatment building, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
    Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Eclampsia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eclampsia. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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