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UNDERSTANDING GESTATIONAL DIABETES
Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that would women contract during their pregnancy. It is one of the most troublesome from of diabetes for women who are expecting babies. It is thus a very difficult condition for those women who wish to avoid any problems during their pregnancy. It has the following features such as high blood sugar in the women suffering from the diabetes. This form of diabetes does not exhibit any symptoms in most women who will not be able to tell whether they have this form of diabetes.
How to diagnose Gestational diabetes
The diabetes of this type is among the most crucial type for many reasons such as being very widespread in most women who get pregnant. It is thus one of the reasons women who are obese and pregnant are liable for this type of diabetes and should immediately consult their doctor. They may need to however undergo a thorough examination or diagnosis beforehand. This consists of checking their glucose level in their blood.
There is however a high risk factor that women would contract this form of diabetes. This is due to the fact that one in a 100 women in the United States picks up this form of disease. The disease is thus very widespread and can bring about many adverse effects. This is because a large dosage of glucose can cause the baby damage in the mother’s womb. The pregnant mom thus needs to combat this form of diabetes.
What are the general causes of gestational diabetes?
The main causes of gestational diabetes is pregnancy and other weight gain that happens in such women and this is why they need to find out if they are susceptible to the disease before it occurs. It does not end at that because there are other causes for the gestational diabetes. It can be things such as the presence of hormone known as insulin that makes it hard for the body to keep producing glucose in moderate levels.
How to find out your risk for this type of diabetes
Women that are obese and have had a high risk of diseases in their family especially for this type of diabetes are the most vulnerable for this type of disease or particularly this form of diabetes. It does not end there because those women who have glucose in their urine are at an even higher risk than most women. They will thus need to have their diagnosis in order to confirm this.
Women at high risk should then get an effective treatment for this diabetes through physical treatment in the form of good meals and portion control and insulin control as well as exercise.
