Eclampsia is a life – threatening disease, which affects not only the mother, but her unborn child as well. We have known about it since the time of Hippocrates, who was the first to describe this condition. The word „eclampsia“ derives from the Greek term for lightening, attempting to explain the abrupt onset of convulsions. Eclampsia is defined as the onset of convulsion, mostly antepartum, in women with sympthoms of pre-eclampsia, meaning with hypertension and proteinuria that occured after the 20th week of gestation. Accordingly, without pre-eclampsia there is no eclampsia, therefore it can be regarded as progression of pre-eclampsia, rather than its own entity. The seizures that occur in eclampsia are of clonic – tonic type and they usually last for one minute. Numerous complications, like aspiration pneumonia, cerebral hemorrhage, kidney failure, and cardiac arrest, are associated with eclampsia. Preeclampisa and eclampsia are a part of a larger group of conditions known as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The primary goal in treating eclampsia is to stop seizures by administering magnesium sulfate, and afterwards to stabilize the blood pressure with an antihypertensive therapy. Despite all the progress made in medicine, and all of modern tehnologies and therapy options, when considering eclampsia, the only definite treatment option is giving birth. Even now, eclampsia is an important cause of death amongst mothers, and newborns all around the world. As can be observed, there are many challanges that physicians who participate in the care of eclamptic women have to face, one of which is the fact that they have, not only the mother, but her childs' health and wellbeing to take care of as well.