Preeclampsia: How Can A Woman Advocate For Herself If She Thinks She Has This? - Dr. Mills

Dr. Mills:
If a patient suspects that she may have preeclampsia, has swelling, edema, concerns about that, the first thing she needs to do is contact her physician, talk about what her symptoms are, talk about what her concerns are and be evaluated for those.

If those symptoms are appearing rapidly and severely with severe headache, vision changes, then she may need to go directly to an emergency room or directly to a hospital that has a labor and delivery unit where she can be evaluated.

Like the Banner facilities, many facilities have an obstetric triage area that patients can come into, have their blood pressure checked, have symptoms evaluated and have basic blood testing to look at organ function, monitor baby’s well-being to make sure baby is healthy and be evaluated for that condition.

About Dr. Marlin D. Mills, M.D.:
Marlin D. Mills, MD, is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and is on staff at Banner Desert Medical Center. A former medical director for the hospital, Dr. Mills provides yearly educational programming to the nurse staff on high-risk obstetrics—new ideas and options. Dr. Mills received his medical degree at Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Medical School in Mexico. He completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Valley Medical Center in Fresno, Calif., and his Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship training at University of California Irvine Medical Center, Long Beach, Calif.

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