19.6.1  Actions if pre-eclampsia is not severe

Pregnant women diagnosed to have:

  • mild pre-eclampsia,
  • chronic hypertension
  • gestational hypertension

should be referred without any intervention by you, preferably on the day of diagnosis.

  • Why do you think referral is necessary, even though the hypertension is not severe?

  • This is because sometimes the mild form of hypertension may progress to the severe type in a very short period of time.

19.6  What can you do if you diagnose a hypertensive disorder in a pregnant woman?

19.6.2  Persuading affected women to go for medical treatment