Hello, my best friend is pregnant and on bedrest in the hospital for toxemia and extremely high blood pressure. It was last recorded at 189/109. My question is how high can it get before it gets really dangerous for her or the baby? I don t understand why she has hasn t been induced yet.
Hi there, Toxemia of pregnancy or severe pre-eclampsia is a very worrisome condition and the blood pressure you have mentioned are very high. The life of your friend is at risk at such high pressure, and she can get a convulsion/fit, bleeding, kidney failure at any time. She needs to be taken care in an Intensive Care unit and monitoring of the condition and medication to control the blood pressure should be given. She will also require an injection Magnesium Sulfate intravenous Chat Doctor. Yes delivery will definitely improve her situation as the cause of high pressure is the pregnancy. But whether induction of labor or cesarean section will have to be decided based on her previous delivery, her general condition and the likelihood of successful vaginal delivery if induced. It would help me to guide you better if you would tell me how many weeks pregnant she is currently. Hope this helps. Regards.