Experiencing preeclampsia during pregnancy, women are 3.5 times more likely to subsequently suffer from senile dementia. To the conclusion made by Danish scientists.
Experiencing preeclampsia during pregnancy, women are 3.5 times more likely to subsequently get sick senile dementia, the study showed. We are talking about a potentially deadly complication that is associated with irregular blood pressure. And now it became clear that preeclampsia significantly increases the likelihood of developing vascular dementia, which is caused by blood flow to the brain. Researchers believe that high risk patients is called blood vessels, which is a direct consequence of abnormal pressure surges. From pre-eclampsia affects millions of women, including such stars as Kim Kardashian, which is a dangerous complication observed during the first pregnancy in 2012-13. To prevent this, the star has gone through childbirth 6 weeks early.
Preeclampsia is one of the major threats to pregnant women and unborn babies, is the main cause of still births and one of the main causes of maternal mortality. In preeclampsia, a decrease in blood flow through the placenta, which limits the access of oxygen and nutrients, and this affects its development. Quite often it develops in the second half of pregnancy. Researchers from Denmark analyzed data on over one million women that have gone through at least one birth in the period from 1978 to 2015.
It turned out that having a history of preeclampsia women are more than three times more likely to encounter later with vascular dementia, compared to those women who have not had a blood pressure problem during pregnancy. Often, especially vascular dementia was observed in women after 65 years. The presence of preeclampsia only slightly increased the likelihood of developing another type of senile dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, which is caused by abnormal accumulations of protein plaques in the brain. (READ MORE)