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[Naghul adhithya k s]

I am 25 years old pregnant women undergoing 4th month of my gestational period, can you make me understand what is gestational hypertension? and is it curable or not.

[Balamurugan]

Gestational hypertension is high blood pressure in pregnancy. It occurs in about 3 in 50 pregnancies.

This condition is different from chronic hypertension. Chronic hypertension happens when a woman has high blood pressure before she gets pregnant. It’s also different from preeclampsia and eclampsia. These are other blood pressure problems in pregnancy.

This issue often starts in the second half of pregnancy. It normally goes away after your baby is born. In many cases, it does not harm you or your baby, and it goes away within 12 weeks after childbirth.