It can lead to placental abruption (where the placenta separates from the uterus wall before delivery), seizures, heart disease or a dangerous condition called HELLP that can lead to organ damage. Fans of Downton Abbey will recognize it as what felled poor Sybil. Although death is rare for most women diagnosed with preeclampsia in high-income countries today, up to 300 U.S. women a year continue to die from the condition.
Vitunguu swaumu husaidia kudhibiti kiwango cha sukari katika damu. Hata hivyo inashauriwa kwamba wagonjwa wa kisukari wanaotumia sindano za insulin wasitumie kitunguu swaumu kwa wingi mpaka watakaposhauriwa na daktari. Huzuia kusanyiko la chembe sahani zinazosaidia kuganda kwa damu (platelet aggregation) Husaidia ufyozwaji wa thiamin, hivyo kusaidia kuepusha mwili na ugonjwa wa beriberi Ina kiasi kikubwa cha vitamini C ambayo husaidia kuzuia ugonjwa wa kiseyeye Hutumika kutibu magonjwa nyemelezi kama toxoplasmosis, hasa kwa watu wenye upungufu wa kinga mwilini.