Any ladies who had Perthes Disease developed pre-eclampsia?

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Hi all

This is a very random question....

I had Perthes disease diagnosed aged 8, it was pretty bad and to cut a long story short I had a total hip replacement aged 19 (ten years ago!).

Since then things on the hip front have been good smile

I fell pregnant with my first child when I was 25, and sadly my pregnancy was badly affected by pre-eclampsia, resulting in my son being born at 30 weeks (he's fine now).

I've been doing some research about both Perthes and Pre-eclampsia, seperately, and come across some articles that suggest both could be caused by blood clotting probs (thrombophilia/factor V Leiden etc.).

I just wondered if any ladies who suffered with Perthes as a child had any indicence of pre-eclampsia during pregnancy or pregnancy-induced-hypertension? Just curious I guess to see if I can make some order of my bad luck!! :lol:

Thanks,

Annika

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I am 28 years old now and developed Perthes Disease when i was 13 and had an operation shortly after.

At age 23 I fell pregnant with my daughter, half way through my pregnancy i developed pre-eclampsia whereby I had to stay in hospital for a month and as a result she was also born 4 weeks prematurely.

Maybe there is a link??? Seems to be a lot of bad luck if not!

Emma

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Hi Emma,

In a way although I'm so sorry your have also suffered with both Perthes and pre-eclampsia (and had a prem baby too) it's kind of nice to know I'm not alone!

We are thinking of having another baby so I am going to mention about my Perthes to see if they can do some additional blood tests to check on various clotting disorders as it seems almost too much of a co-incidence. I also got PE (albeit milder) with my daughter so I seem very susceptible to it.

Hope your daughter is doing well now- and you too!

Annika

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I had perthes disease at age 4, and wore a caliper for 18 months. Last year I had my first baby, aged 38, and had no problems at all - so in my case there was no link.

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I had my daughter in 1991 and towards the end of my pregnancy I had pre eclampsia and 2 stone of water retention. My daughter was born healthy. In 1993 I had my son who was diagnosed with Perthes at the age of four. Don't know if this falls into any catagory that may help>

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slightly premature birth (she recovered fully). No one has ever suggested that it was related to Perthes. Interesting. I wonder if there is a correlation......

I had Perthes at age 5 and just recently had a total hip replacement 5 weeks ago (at age 41). 15 years ago, at age 26, my first born son was born a few days early because of a sudden and severe onset of pre-eclampsia. All ended well and I was able to have another healthy son 2 years later with no symptoms. My third pregnancy involved a recurrence of pre-ecplamsia, resulting in a [quote:d6640fec00=\"Annika \"]Hi all

This is a very random question....

I had Perthes disease diagnosed aged 8, it was pretty bad and to cut a long story short I had a total hip replacement aged 19 (ten years ago!).

Since then things on the hip front have been good smile

I fell pregnant with my first child when I was 25, and sadly my pregnancy was badly affected by pre-eclampsia, resulting in my son being born at 30 weeks (he's fine now).

I've been doing some research about both Perthes and Pre-eclampsia, seperately, and come across some articles that suggest both could be caused by blood clotting probs (thrombophilia/factor V Leiden etc.).

I just wondered if any ladies who suffered with Perthes as a child had any indicence of pre-eclampsia during pregnancy or pregnancy-induced-hypertension? Just curious I guess to see if I can make some order of my bad luck!! :lol:

Thanks,

Annika