Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes
Definition
Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs during pregnancy. Like other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes involves a defect in the way the body processes and uses sugars (glucose) in the diet.
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Gestational Diabetes - Doctor produced information on gestational diabetes which is characterized by high blood glucose during pregnancy. Includes symptoms, causes, risks, complications, and how to manage gestational diabetes.
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GESTATIONAL DIABETES -- COMMON, TREATABLE PREGNANCY COMPLICATION
Question: Our 29-year-old daughter, pregnant with our first grandchild, told us that her doctor thinks she might have gestational diabetes based on a blood sugar level of 145.
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Gestational diabetes
Maintaining control of blood sugar levels significantly reduces the risk to the baby.
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This type, which occurs in about 1 out of 25 pregnancies, has been labeled gestational diabetes. It occurs most frequently in the final 3 months before delivery.
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Gestational diabetes is the appearance of higher-than-expected blood sugars during pregnancy. Once it occurs, it lasts throughout the remainder of the pregnancy. It affects up to 14 percent of all pregnant women in the United States.
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Gestational diabetes puts you at risk for developing high blood pressure during pregnancy. Your fetus could gain extra weight, complicating delivery.
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Gestational diabetes is a carbohydrate intolerance of variable severity that starts or is first recognized during pregnancy.
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Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. When a woman becomes pregnant there are many hormonal changes that take place.
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Gestational diabetes is treated with diet and exercise. If this isn't enough, then insulin injections are used. Pregnant women should be looked after by a team of hospital experts who specialise in caring for women with diabetes in pregnancy.
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Gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancy and usually resolves (goes away) after childbirth. Women who develop gestational diabetes have an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
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Gestational diabetes
Why is tight control of your blood sugar important?
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gestational diabetes - Gestational diabetes is a condition in which the glucose level is elevated and other diabetic symptoms appear during pregnancy in a woman who has not previously been diagnosed with diabetes.
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Some pregnant women develop a temporary type of diabetes called gestational diabetes. This condition, or giving birth to a large baby (4 kg or heavier), can increase a woman's risk of developing diabetes later in life.
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This is true whether her diabetes is preexisting or whether she has gestational diabetes. A dietitian can help to create and adjust a meal plan based on:
the needs of both mother and baby
blood glucose levels
ketones in the urine
appetite ...
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Women with a multiple pregnancy are more likely to miscarry and more likely to face other complications such as gestational diabetes, preeclampsia and preterm labor.
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An excessive amount of amniotic fluid is called polyhydramnios. This condition may accompany multiple pregnancy (twins or triplets), congenital anomalies, or gestational diabetes.
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In fact, one in six women report their first incidence of partner abuse during pregnancy. One study concludes that a woman is more likely to be abused by her partner than suffer from pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes or placenta previa, ...
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Type 2 diabetes is most common in people over 45, but the ranks of younger patients (including teenagers) with the disease have grown dramatically in recent years. Notably, women who have gestational diabetes during pregnancy are at increased risk ...
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