Headaches w/ Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension?
I've had high blood pressure for the past week. I'm 38 weeks. It's been between 140/80-160/110. I got bad headaches and nausea over the weekend so I went back to the doctor today. Still no protein in my urine so we're doing a 24 hour urine test today. However, the doctor told me that if the headache gets severe, just go onto the hospital. It's getting pretty bad but it kind of feels like a bad sinus headache. My question is-what was/is your headache supposed to be like when it's related to high blood pressure? Mine hurts between my eyes, under my eyebrows, and both temples. Any advice is appreciated.
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Mine is across the forehead and into the temples. I can tell when my blood pressure is causing the headache because i vomit, i can see spots and paracetamol and codeine don't take the edge away at all. At times it also makes me dizzy because of visual disturbances.
Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is a form of high blood pressure in pregnancy. It occurs in about 5 percent to 8 percent of all pregnancies. Another type of high blood pressure is chronic hypertension - high blood pressure that is present before pregnancy begins. Pregnancy-induced hypertension is also called toxemia or preeclampsia. It occurs most often in young women with a first pregnancy. It is more common in twin pregnancies, in women with chronic hypertension, preexisting diabetes, and in women who had PIH in a previous pregnancy.
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