PET symptoms
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Topic: PET symptoms
Posted By: Tastic
Subject: PET symptoms
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 1:22pm
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Can someone help me. I'm told
high blood pressure visual disturbances - seeing stars etc swelling headache and pains up under the ribs - but what type of pain? anything else I'm missing off that list? |
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Posted By: luvmylittlies
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 2:57pm
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Right upper abdo pain (different from heartburn). If you've got some dipsticks at home then protein in your urine is another one. Apart from that I think your list is fairly complete.
Are you just on the look out or are you feeling off? Hope you're okay. ------------- Adoring Mum to Talisin 8/9/11 and Kiara 18/01/10 |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 5:30pm
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That covers it but the swelling is "usually" pretty major. They are usually mroe concerned when its your face, arms and legs rather than just feed and hands. -------------  
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Posted By: RicKer
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 6:29pm
| With the swelling - if you push into it and it leaves a dent that doesnt come back up for ages its not a good sign. |
Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 11:56pm
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I have bad swelling in my feet - so much so that if I press the swelling it leaves an indent but my MW said that that will always happen with swelling, it is only when paired with the other symptoms ie high blood pressure, protein in urine etc etc that it is cause for concern. -------------  
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Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 20 December 2009 at 8:24am
| I had swelling in my feet really early on in pregnancy and they didnt really worry until it was up around my face and neck. And thats when i started getting protein and blood pressure problems. |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 20 December 2009 at 10:08am
| I had a few symptoms on thursday so the midwife came over and did bloods and a msu sample but it showed up nothing. Im happy but just wanting to know what else I should look for |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 20 December 2009 at 1:37pm
i think its called epi gastric pain.. i never had it when i had PE .. they do monitor other things like platelets as well from your bloods... and if the swelling is sudden and leave an indent it is generally watched very carefully as normal swelling should at least lessen with rest.. as the other said when it gets past your feet and up into hands etc it's also a worry.. I only ever had two of those then i lost the high BP and got low platelets and protein in urine and then was stuck in hospital.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Tastic wrote:Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 20 December 2009 at 2:10pm
| oh yes i forgot about the low platelets |