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Severe complications of preeclampsia include: 1  eclampsia â potentially fatal seizures caused by high intracranial (in the head) blood pressure. 2  cerebral (brain) hemorrhage due to burst blood vessels in the brain (the main cause of maternal death) 3  retinal detachment, which may lead to blindness.  ruptured liver.
Preeclampsia is a condition that some women experience during pregnancy. Preeclampsia occurs after Week 20 of pregnancy and is characterized by an increase in blood pressure (hypertension) and high levels of protein in the urine (proteinuria). This condition used to be called toxemia of pregnancy.