eclampsia recurrence

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What are the chances that you will have eclampsia with your second pregnancy if you had it in your first?

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Without knowing the specifics of your case (gestational age at onset, gestational age at delivery, your age, other conditions, etc) it is hard to be specific, but in general terms, the overall recurrence risk of eclampsia has been reported to be between 1% and 2%.

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