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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE— CONTRACEPTION—PREGNANCY

If you suffer from hypertension you should avoid oral contraceptives because they may elevate the blood pressure. Consult your gynecologist or a contraceptive clinic for advice about alternative methods of contraception. If you are not planning on any more children or if the termination of a pregnancy is medically indicated, you might consider sterilization as the most reliable and safest method of contraception. This procedure does not affect the production of female hormones nor the sex life. If you are planning to have children consult your doctor about the advisability of a pregnancy. Some types of hypertension can produce serious complications that could endanger the life of the mother and the fetus. If a previous pregnancy has been complicated, or in the case of malignant hypertension or advanced hypertension with impaired kidney function the pregnancy may have to be terminated. A hypertensive woman who finds that she has become pregnant should consult her doctor promptly to determine whether she can carry her child to term. If she does, she should have regular monthly checkups in the early stage of her pregnancy and biweekly checkups in the later stage. She should check both her weight and blood pressure daily and keep a written record. If her blood pressure is only slightly or moderately elevated her doctor may take her off medication during the first four or five months, even though the medication is harmless. During this period he may want to rely on the antihypertensive effects of a strictly low-salt diet.

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