Recent study has shown that women who suffer from preeclampsia (or high blood pressure) in their first and second pregnancies have higher risk of hypertension, diabetes and blood clots in later life. Statistics have shown that 10% women in UK suffer from preeclampsia in pregnancy but only 2% to 8% suffer from complications due to it.

Research team from Yale School of Medicine and University of Copenhagen studied the data collected from 11 million women who gave birth in Denmark from 1978 to
2007.

Dr Michael Paidas, study author, associate professor from the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale said that the only reliable treatment for preeclampsia is delivery of the baby.

He added: "But while delivery may 'cure' preeclampsia in the moment, these mothers are at high risk of chronic hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and blood clots for the rest of their lives."