{"id":31147,"date":"2023-09-03T02:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31147"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T04:08:04","slug":"preeclampsia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/preeclampsia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Preeclampsia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Preeclampsia:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a serious\u00a0<strong>blood pressure condition<\/strong> that develops\u00a0<strong>during pregnancy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It typically develops after the\u00a0<strong>20th week of pregnancy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It can also affect other organs in the body and be dangerous for both the mother and her developing fetus.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>People with preeclampsia often\u00a0<strong>have high blood pressure<\/strong> (hypertension) and\u00a0<strong>high levels of protein in their urine (proteinuria).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Changes in vision, including temporary loss of vision, blurred vision or light sensitivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Medication:<\/strong> The best clinical evidence for prevention of preeclampsia is the use of low-dose aspirin.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lifestyle and healthy choices:\u00a0<\/strong>If one had preeclampsia before, it&#8217;s a good idea to be as healthy as you can be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is liquid biopsy?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A liquid biopsy is a\u00a0<strong>simple and non-invasive alternative to surgical biopsies<\/strong> which enables doctors to discover a range of information about a tumour through a simple blood sample.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is biopsy?<\/h3>\n<p>A biopsy is a medical procedure in which a small sample of tissue or cells is taken from the body for examination under a microscope or for other laboratory testing. Biopsies are commonly performed to diagnose or investigate various medical conditions, including cancer, infections, autoimmune diseases, and other disorders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/early-prediction-of-preeclampsia-using-a-blood-derived-biomarker\/article67259987.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Early prediction of preeclampsia using a blood-derived biomarker<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preeclampsia is a serious blood pressure condition that develops during pregnancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}