eclampsia

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Recent Examples of eclampsia She was rushed into an emergency cesarean surgery and promptly diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy complication that causes high blood pressure which can be fatal for both mothers and babies. 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 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 See All Example Sentences for eclampsia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eclampsia
Noun
  • For more severe and potentially life-threatening infections, symptoms may include headaches, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • Serious infections may lead to headaches, a stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The lesions caused Curtis to suffer from muscle spasms, paralysis, a chronic limp and headaches.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • Heavily abusing nitrous oxide can degrade one's central nervous system, leading to muscle weakness or spasms.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Together, these efforts represent a new frontier in oncology—where recurrence might be preventable, and breast cancer risk could be intercepted before diagnosis ever occurs.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Similar Reads The researchers found that individuals in the walking group experienced fewer recurrences of back pain and had longer intervals between back pain episodes compared to those who received no intervention.
    Korin Miller, Outside Online, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Doctors discussed a possible hip-level amputation, but her right leg showed signs of relapse, leaving Lizzy’s survival rate at just 20%.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • The council's goals are to develop best practices for tapering off psychotropic medications to minimize risk of withdrawal symptoms and relapse, and to inform clinicians about them.
    Emily Corwin, NPR, 9 July 2025

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“Eclampsia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eclampsia. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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