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Feeling odd and worried about pre-eclampsia. Any advice?

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LateToTheAprilParty · 15/02/2012 12:18

I'm 32 weeks and at work and about an hour ago my peripheral vision suddenly went, and vision in general was really blurry and I was struggling to read anything on my computer. It's kind of recovered but still not perfect, and I have a bit of a headache and my head feels kind of hot and just a bit weird and dizzy in general.
I had quite a hectic day yesterday and generally a bit knackered, so it may just be that. Not sure whether to just have a paracetamol or whether to ring doctor or hospital? Last checkup with GP was a week ago and blood pressure etc was fine. Any advice anyone? Not sure if I'm panicking myself unnecessarily...

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morethemerrier · 15/02/2012 12:22

Call them, go and be checked at the hospital better to put your mind at rest, you will not be wasting anyone's time!

Let us know how you get on x

Fuchzia · 15/02/2012 12:22

Could be a number of things but you should go and get checked out anyway. Better to be safe.

ciwi · 15/02/2012 12:24

Hi, pe can be very nasty. I don't think you are worrying unnecessarily, if I were you I would go somewhere and get your bp checked. My hospital has a number you can ring to speak to a midwife for advice, they are always lovely so maybe you could try that? Otherwise, walk in centres will check your bp and urine for you.

fairimum · 15/02/2012 13:33

if you are ever worried call the hospital and go and get bp and urine checked! Don't wait go now! xxx

LateToTheAprilParty · 15/02/2012 21:50

Hi everyone, thanks so much for the advice. I rang the hospitaland they suggested i come in just to be safe, and they put me on a monitor for a while and tested BP and urine and everything is fine. They said it was a kind of migraine related thing, which is odd because I'm not particularly prone to migtaines or headaches. Guess I was just overtired so taking this as a hint to start taking it all a bit easier! So pleased i went and got itall checked out though, would be so worried if i hadn't, and prob lying awake all night making it worse!
Thanks again for sympathy and support - it's so hard to know whether you're overreacting or not! x

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ciwi · 15/02/2012 22:12

Glad to hear all is well, you did the right thing getting checked out x

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