Gestational diabetes
What is it?
Gestational diabetes begins when the body can not produce or use any insulin, which is needed for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose can not leave the blood and converted into energy. The glucose level rises because it accumulates in the blood.
It manifests in 2 to 5% of pregnant women during the second half of gestation, because hormones determining fetal placental development interferes with normal insulin function.
Symptoms.
Gestational diabetes does not cause noticeable symptoms or signs. In some cases, pregnant women may experience more hunger, extreme thirst, frequent urination and abundant, blurred vision, fatigue or snoring at night.
Gestational diabetes does not cause noticeable symptoms or signs. In some cases, pregnant women may experience more hunger, extreme thirst, frequent urination and abundant, blurred vision, fatigue or snoring at night.
As you can notice, they are the same symptoms as type 1 and 2 diabetes.
Treatment.
Treatment for gestational diabetes aims to maintain a level of glucose in the blood, equivalent to pregnant women without gestational diabetes.
Treatment for gestational diabetes aims to maintain a level of glucose in the blood, equivalent to pregnant women without gestational diabetes.
Mainly gestational diabetes will be treated through diet, including special menus and programming of physical activity, for the regulation of maternal metabolism and normal development of pregnancy and childbirth. So that it can keep glucose control should perform daily glucose tests and insulin injections.
Continue treatment for gestational diabetes will cause pregnant women to stay healthy during pregnancy and childbirth, and help prevent the baby to have health problems in the future.
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