A woman in her 25th week of gestation comes to the clinic for her prenatal visit.The nurse notices that her face and lower extremities are swollen,and her blood pressure is 154/94 mm Hg.She states that she has had headaches and blurry vision but thought she was just tired.What should the nurse suspect?

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Classic symptoms of preeclampsia include elevated blood pressure (greater than 140 systolic or 90 diastolic mm Hg in a woman with previously normal blood pressure)and proteinuria.Onset and worsening symptoms may be sudden,and subjective signs include headaches and visual changes.Eclampsia is manifested by generalized tonic-clonic seizures.These symptoms are not indicative of diabetes mellitus (type 1 or 2)or preterm labor.

A Woman in Her 25th Week of Gestation Comes to the Clinic