Severe itching,frequent high blood pressure,headaches,exhaustion.Has anybody had these symptoms in pregnancy?

Question

I'm 31 wks pregnant and have had problems with my blood pressure through out most of my pregnancy. Around the 7 mnth mark, I got this weird rash in patches of my body; it itches unbelievably bad and has just been spreading more as time goes by. I've been prescribed all sorts of medicines and steroid creams...but nothing seems to help. I gave up that battle. Now, I've been having really high blood pressure. Yesterday my systolic pressure was 158 and my diastolic was 88 at a relaxed state. My doctor told me to spend the night for observation in the hospital. After two hours, they told me my lab work came back fine and they sent me home against my doctor's orders. My doctor was a little upset to find out that they let me go, but he said that my lab work did come back fine. I just feel like no one is listening to me. I know my body better than anyone and feel that something is just not right. I don't know what this could be and feel disappointed and let down by my doctor. Please help!

Answer 1

Some of this could be related to something called pre-eclampsia, but I would recommend getting back in touch with your doctor to see what he wants you to do for the next 6 weeks or so to try and help bring down the BP. Please call the after hours line to see if he's on call.

The fact that the hospital let you go against your doctors orders is very concerning to me. Please let your doctor know how concerned all of this makes you feel because you are very concerned about these symptoms.

In the mean time I have the link to a site that may help you find even more information. It's at: http://forums.obgyn.net/pregnancy-birth

If you need to talk please feel free to e-mail or IM me off site any time.