“Prevención primaria para la preeclampsia mediante la ingesta de alimentos ricos en calcio y administración por vía oral de este mineral durante el primer trimestre de gestación”

Abstract

The said project was developed in the Health Center of San Andres, Canton Píllaro due to the need for a strategy that has been validated by WHO and several studies showing that the use of calcium reduces the incidence and even severity of preeclampsia (Recommendation grade a and B, respectively), a simple and useful strategy for a population susceptible to this disease, which in turn has the resources to take care of your health, therefore it is proposed use food and calcium supplement for the primary prevention of this disease and hence its complications , disease etiology is still unknown, also ignored by the affected population, not knowing it does not work, showing that educating the fertile female population pregnant women get positive results regarding health, ensuring the welfare of the mother and fetus , and while the health system extend preventive measures for this condition, it is necessary to provide the affected population tools at its disposal to combat it, then it is desirable to improve the food and only use the calcium supplement and complement.

In conclusion to a cattle farm population, which ignored the usefulness of calcium and foods that have this mineral, it turned out that the intake of calcium-rich foods supplemented with 500 mg of carbonate chewable calcium helped reduce the incidence of preeclampsia 55 pregnant women aged 16-40 years, from 5 to 10 % indicating the wHO to 3.6%, which is the main benefit, as during the study only 2 of the participants developed mild preeclampsia.