I need a disease, preferrably caused by poor diet, genetics and lack of exercise (lifestyle stuff), that would make the person extremely weak. I think I'm looking for something like cancer that kills gradually anyway but if you get pregnant with this disease, you basically don't stand a chance of living at all...? It's not for homework so feel free to shoot in any ideas. Such a disease might not exisit, but I'm hoping for some suggestions.
2006-08-04 16:28:24 · 5 answers · asked by al.godnessmary 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
There's Pre-Eclampsia (spell) that will kill someone who is pregnant. It has something to do with high blood pressure that gets out of control.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia
2006-08-04 16:33:38 · answer #1 · answered by Sirena 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something like Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy patients, or any patient with heart disease that is congenital can be killed by pregnancy.
Also it is more dangerous for people with Marfans and other associated risks for aortic dissections.
The other people who really have to worry about pregancy are those with blood dyscrasias.. The ones that are hypercoagulable... Because they will throw blood clots, stroke out, and die.
2006-08-04 16:38:06 · answer #2 · answered by PreviouslyChap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about a Chronic Renal Failure Patient on Hemodialysis? These patients require dialysis 3 times a week for several hours each time. These patients are strongly urged to not get pregnant.
2006-08-04 17:03:18 · answer #3 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got Pre-Eclampsia and had problems with my kidneys, heart, and liver. I also had like seizures and developed blood clots. It was so hard to recover from it.
2006-08-04 16:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by Candy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um - and why the obsession with this morbid topic? Look up this term in Wikepedia: Ecclampsia.
2006-08-04 16:43:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋