Swelling all over the body of a pregnant woman is not a sign of impending labor. It may be a normal physiological phenomenon, or it may be related to high blood pressure during pregnancy.
For pregnant women in the late stage of pregnancy, there may be foot edema, and some pregnant women may have body edema symptoms, most of which are normal physiological manifestations. The main reason is that the uterus increases in size in late pregnancy, compressing the inferior vena cava in the pelvis, which in turn leads to obstruction of venous return in the lower limbs, resulting in lower limb and foot edema symptoms.
In addition, pregnant women edema all over the body, also does not exclude the possibility of hypertension during pregnancy. Hypertension during pregnancy may be due to glomerular dilatation, endothelial cell swelling, cellulose precipitation in the endothelial cells, plasma protein leakage from the glomerulus, resulting in proteinuria, which can cause water and sodium retention, resulting in edema symptoms.
At the same time, when the pregnant woman has a combination of nephritis, cardiac insufficiency and other diseases, may also be due to the primary disease of generalized edema phenomenon.
When a pregnant woman suffers from generalized edema, she should pay close attention to it and cooperate with the doctor to complete the examination and determine the cause before treatment.