{"id":9741,"date":"2019-09-11T10:31:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liceaga.facmed.unam.mx\/revistas\/masalud\/?p=9741"},"modified":"2025-09-26T17:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:45:35","slug":"que-es-la-preeclamsia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massalud.facmed.unam.mx\/index.php\/que-es-la-preeclamsia\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la Preeclampsia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00bb1&#8243; _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4&#8243; _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;][et_pb_code _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YBO8YY2TooI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;]<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La preeclamsia es la primera complicaci\u00f3n que puede presentarse en un embarazo, por lo general a partir de la semana 20 o quinto mes de embarazo. Se da por una alteraci\u00f3n en la placenta, esto ocurre porque la placentaci\u00f3n resulta muy superficial, provocando isquemia o disminuci\u00f3n de la circulaci\u00f3n y por lo tanto hipoxia o falta de oxigenaci\u00f3n, que se resume en hipertensi\u00f3n, siendo muy grave tanto para la mam\u00e1 como para el beb\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Los factores de riesgo radican principalmente en el simple hecho de estar embaraza, ser primigesta, es decir que sea el primer embarazo, padecer obesidad, alguna enfermedad preexistente, hipertensi\u00f3n previa al embarazo, diabetes que se padece desde antes o de manera gestacional; la edad tambi\u00e9n es importante, suele presentarse en mujeres muy j\u00f3venes, adolescentes o en mujeres mayores de 40 a\u00f1os, tambi\u00e9n en aquellas que hayan tenido un embarazo gemelar, padecido preeclamsia en otro embarazo o tengan antecedentes familiares de ello por parte de la madre o sus hermanas.<\/p>\n<p>La preeclampsia en un inicio puede ser incluso asintom\u00e1tica, si no se atiende oportunamente y presenta s\u00edntomas como dolor de cabeza, zumbido en los o\u00eddos, epigastralgia o fuerte dolor en la boca del est\u00f3mago y ver puntos o peque\u00f1as luces de colores, puede llegar a evolucionar a eclampsia y ocasionar convulsiones en la mujer embarazada. Otra de sus evoluciones es el s\u00edndrome de HELLP, que se manifiesta con alteraciones en el h\u00edgado, ri\u00f1ones y otras estructuras del organismo. Si la hipertensi\u00f3n no se controla, la madre incluso corre el riesgo de sufrir un derrame cerebral.<\/p>\n<p>El \u00fanico tratamiento es la interrupci\u00f3n del embarazo, por lo que un gran riesgo es sacar a un beb\u00e9 demasiado prematuro que debe estar en observaci\u00f3n y al que se le deben administrar medicamento especial para madurar sus pulmones y as\u00ed evitar insuficiencia respiratoria.<\/p>\n<p>Es posible prevenir la preeclampsia si se lleva a cabo un control prenatal constante durante todo el embarazo, el m\u00e9dico revisar\u00e1 que la presi\u00f3n arterial sea menor a 140\/90 y determinar\u00e1 si la mujer es propensa a padecerlo, y en caso se serlo se le administrar\u00e1 la dosis necesaria de tratamiento farmacol\u00f3gico para evitarlo. Actualmente ya es posible someterse a estudios ultrasonogr\u00e1ficos para medir la pulsatilidad de las arterias uterinas que llevan sangre a la placenta y as\u00ed determinar si la paciente es propensa a esta enfermedad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con informaci\u00f3n de la Dra. 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