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Preeclampsia Learning Center
Causes could include:
- Autoimmune Disease
- Genetic Disorders
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Vascular Disorders
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First pregnancy; Multiple pregnancy (twins or more) Obesity; Older than age 35; Past history of diabetes, high blood pressure, or kidney disease;
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As previously mentioned, the initial cause of preeclampsia/eclampsia is not known but is thought to be immunologic. The relationship among the three factors that define preeclampsia appears to be as follows. First, the normal increase in blood pla...
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Experts are still trying to understand the exact causes of preeclampsia and eclampsia. It is generally accepted that preeclampsia and eclampsia are problematic because these conditions cause blood vessels to leak. The effects are seen throughout t...
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An autoimmune disorder is a condition that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys healthy body tissue. There are more than 80 different types of autoimmune disorders. See also: Immune response
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Autoimmune disorders are conditions in which a person's immune system attacks the body's own cells, causing tissue destruction.
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Autoimmune disorders are conditions in which a person's immune system attacks the body's own cells, causing tissue destruction.
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Diseases in which the immune system attacks the body's own healthy tissues, forming antibodies in an assault on mistakenly identified "foreign invaders. " Autoimmune disorders occur when the body's immune system loses its ability to recognize the ...
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Conditions with a link to the individual's genetic make-up. Genetic disorders are conditions that can be traced to an individual's heredity. Many of these disorders are inherited and are governed by the same genetic rules that determine dimples an...
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Variations within the DNA sequence of a particular gene affect its function, and may cause or predispose an individual a particular disease. Alterations in the genome may increase the frequency of disorder and disease with entire populations. Alth...
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Variations within the DNA sequence of a particular gene affect its function and may cause or predispose an individual a particular disease. Alterations in the genome may increase the frequency of disorder and disease with entire populations. Altho...
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Any unusual variation or abnormality in the shape, structure, and/or function of an organ, body part, or tissue is commonly referred to as a birth defect. However, congenital anomaly is the more accurate and preferred term, since birth defect can ...
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The traditional method used to study an inherited disease is to observe the pattern of its distribution in families through examination of a pedigree, the construction of which begins with the individual first known to have the disease. The pedigr...
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