A woman who is 25 weeks pregnant 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.The woman 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 pre-eclampsia include elevated diastolic blood pressure of greater than 90 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 labour.

A Woman Who Is 25 Weeks Pregnant Comes to the Clinic