Pre-eclampsia among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Murtala Muhammed Speacialist Hospital, Kano State of Nigeria

Abstract

Pre-eclampsia was studied among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano State of Nigeria.Questionnaire was administered to the women under study (255).Mercury sphygmomanometer was used for blood pressure measurement. Dip stick method was used to detect protein in urine. Edema was visibly observed in various part of the body during antenatal visit. Pre-eclampsia has been established in this study, and was found to be higher in primigravidae than in multigravidae.Proteinuria and edema was the major clinical features in primigravidae whilst high blood pressure and edema predominate in multigravidae. Headache and epigastric pain were the commonest symptom of pre-eclampsia in both primigravidae and multigravidae.Most of the pre-eclamptic patient do not have primary school leaving certificate as far western education. There is need for community health education to increased awareness of pregnant women to avail themselves of antenatal care as well as reduction of poverty and improvement of socio-economic conditions of the citizen