You can help protect yourself by learning the symptoms of preeclampsia and by seeing your doctor for regular prenatal care. Even after delivery, symptoms of preeclampsia can last 6 weeks or more. The only cure for preeclampsia is to give birth. If your preeclampsia leads to seizures, you have eclampsia. Preeclampsia can lead to eclampsia, a serious condition that can have health risks for mom and baby and, in rare cases, cause death.
