According to a study in the Lancet, taking aspirin can help reduce the risk of dangerously high blood pressure in pregnant women as well as premature births.
This blood-pressure condition is called pre-eclampsia and is caused by a defect in the placenta. Pre-eclampsia is marked by a sudden increase in blood pressure after 20 weeks and can be fatal to the mother and baby.
Symptoms include protein in the urine and swelling of the hands and feet. Some 3 percent to 7 percent of women are estimated to develop the condition and according to the National Institutes of Health the only cure is delivery of the baby.
Pre-eclampsia is known to cause excessive blood clotting in the placenta, which supplies nutrients and oxygen to the fetus, and various experts have suggested that aspirin, which inhibits clotting, could counter this.-PR
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