21. Several pregnancy complications, such as pre-eclampsia , cause substantial hypercoagulability. 22. This is a very rare condition known as Eclampsia . 23. Karen is rushed to hospital with eclampsia and has an emergency c-section. 24. Tess departs from the series due to the risk of untreated pre-eclampsia . 25. Vitamin D deficiency is correlated with the development of pre-eclampsia in pregnancy. 26. Pre-eclampsia is not a discrete disease but more a constellation of bodily dysfunctions. 27. Left untreated, it can lead to eclampsia , which can kill mother or child. 28. They looked at platelets from 34 women, 19 of whom had pre-eclampsia . 29. Oxidative stress may also play an important part in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia . 30. Pre-eclampsia ( high blood pressure and water retention ) is tremendously on the rise,
