Which statement correctly describes gestational hypertension?

• A. It always requires medication
• B. It never resolves after delivery
• C. It develops after 20 weeks and usually resolves spontaneously
• D. It is the same as chronic hypertension

Answer: (C)

Gestational hypertension is high blood pressure that first appears after 20 weeks of pregnancy in a person who has no prior hypertension, and it occurs without proteinuria. The statement that it develops after 20 weeks and usually resolves spontaneously captures its typical course: it starts in the second half of pregnancy and tends to remit after delivery when the placenta is no longer driving the condition. Medication isn’t always required; management depends on BP level and any evolving complications. This condition is distinct from chronic hypertension (which exists before pregnancy or before 20 weeks) and from preeclampsia (which involves proteinuria or other organ signs).