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Learn more about gestational diabetes

 Learn more about gestational diabetes in a health and fitness setting, and because pregnancy causes the general disorder, especially hormonal, in a woman's body.  Thus, the level of sugar is changed and some women have higher glucose (blood sugar) than normal.  If the blood sugar level exceeds the normal threshold, diabetes may occur.  After pregnancy, sugar levels can return to normal.  However, in some cases, diabetes may persist.

 - Pregnancy diabetes

 Some pregnant women suffer from diabetes that develops during pregnancy: this is called gestational diabetes.  The reasons are many and very complex

 Insulin - a hormone secreted by the pancreas that is no longer able to function adequately
 Abnormally high blood sugar, especially after meals, then high blood sugar.  It is estimated that this problem affects approximately 6% of pregnant women.  And the situation tends to increase.

 The latest scientific data stimulates screening for diabetes during pregnancy.  When the risk factors are (more than 35 years old, weight gain, history of diabetes during pregnancy, diabetes in the family, and baby is large), it is advisable to consult a doctor to conduct this examination by examining blood in the first stage of pregnancy.

 Screening for gestational diabetes is recommended routinely between 24 and 28 weeks of menopause (SA).

 This can be done up to 32 weeks.

 The woman asked to take 75g of glucose and several blood tests were performed, to measure the fasting sugar, and one and two hours after drinking the sugar (O'Sullivan Test).

- The measures to be taken

 It is essential to achieve diabetes balance, either during pregnancy or out of pregnancy, both insulin-dependent and non-insulin dependent.

 The solutions vary depending on the degree of diabetes.  But it is necessary to take nutritional measures, increase physical activity, and possibly take medications (sulfonylureas or metformin) or insulin (in small injections in the abdomen, thigh, or upper arm).

 Today, the most common scheduled treatment for diabetes during pregnancy is insulin.

 These women are usually supported by a team of health care providers: doctor, nurse, midwife, and dietician.

- Possible complications

 Complications of gestational diabetes are present.  All adjustments to the mother's blood can be found in the child.  Thus, if the mother suffers a lot of sugar in her blood, there will be a lot of sugar in the blood of the child who becomes very threatening; the fat will be stored in the skin and organs, especially the heart.

 There are various risks and complications, which can be very dangerous if diabetes is not properly regulated.

 Among these problems are:

 A difficult birth.

 Cesarean section is most common in pregnant women who have not been able to stabilize diabetes.

 Later, after birth, these women should be followed up with a specialist, although everything is fine.  Because they are more likely to develop diabetes.