Gestational Diabetes Symptoms and Pregnancy


Gestational diabetes is a condition pregnancy blood glucose (glucose) is characterized by the level of adoption only when a high level. Situation occurs in 4% of all pregnancies.

What Causes Gestational Diabetes in Pregnancy?

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All women have some degree of impaired glucose tolerance due to hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy almost. Levels of glucose in the blood is higher than normal, which means that not large enough to diabetes. During the latter part of the (third party) pregnancy, hormonal changes of these, place the pregnant women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus.

During pregnancy, (this is the part that connects the baby in the umbilical cord in the womb) high levels of certain hormones produced by the placenta in food and help from mother to child in developing countries. Hormones other generation, has been developed to prevent hypoglycemia by the placenta from mother and. Resistance work to the action of insulin.

During pregnancy, these hormones lead to progressive impaired glucose tolerance (hyperglycemia). Attempt to lower blood glucose levels, body to produce insulin more glucose in the cells of the energy consumption.

Pancreatitis, typically, may be generated (amount of about 3 times) insulin much to overcome the influence of the pregnancy hormones blood sugar levels mother. If, however, lead to gestational diabetes pancreatic sufficient insulin, high levels of blood glucose can not be obtained.

What Are the Complications of Gestational Diabetes?

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Diabetes may affect the growth of the fetus during pregnancy. In the first few months of pregnancy, maternal diabetes, and can increase the number of abortion, and cause birth defects. congenital deficiency of most that happens can affect major organs such as the heart and brain.

During the term of the second and third of pregnancy, diabetes, can lead to the growth of child and maternal nutrition. I increase the risk of birth and labor to give birth to a large baby. For example, children need a Caesarean section often, if it is in the vagina, she is in great danger of a shoulder injury he or.

In addition, because, do not have a high level of sugar in the blood of the mother, the results and other milk powder, may fall to the child very low blood sugar after birth when it was tested it.

However, it is possible with the appropriate treatment, in spite of diabetes, leading to a healthy baby.

Who Is at Risk for Gestational Diabetes?

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The following factors increase the risk of gestational diabetes during pregnancy:

(If 20% or more of ideal body weight) overweight before pregnancy It is a member of the ethnic group of high-risk (of Asia white, black, and Native American)

The presence of glucose in the urine Fasting blood glucose or glucose tolerance (high blood sugar, it is the diabetes is not enough) (If diabetes brother and your parents) family history of diabetes.

Before the birth of the child, weighing a pound more than 9 Children was a priority dead
The presence of pre-pregnancy gestational diabetes (Hydrocephalus paid amniotic fluid) in the presence of amniotic fluid too.

Many women develop gestational diabetes have no known risk factors

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