Treatment of Pre-eclampsia

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Attempts are made to manage the condition until a delivery after 36 weeks of pregnancy can be achieved. Treatment is aimed at lowering blood pressure and includes bed rest and drugs, usually in hospital where the condition can be monitored constantly. Anticonvulsant drugs may also be prescribed to protect against convulsions due to eclampsia.

However the only cure for pre-eclampsia is to deliver the baby and the placenta. It is therefore the cause of around 15% of premature births.

Recent research by the Medical Research Council (MRC) has shown that giving magnesium sulphate injections to pregnant women with pre-eclampsia halves the risk of them developing eclampsia.

New research by Tommy's, the baby charity, suggests that giving pregnant women 1g of Vitamin C and 400iu of Vitamin E each day, reduces their chance of developing pre-eclampsia.

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