What Should We Learn from Gestational Diabetes Data
Gestational diabetes is a special form of diabetes that affects pregnant women. This disease can occur during the 20th-24th weeks of pregnancy. Gestational diabetes mellitus is defined as glucose intolerance with the onset or first detection during pregnancy.
The prevalence of gestational diabetes varies from country to country. Approximately its frequency is between 5 and 10 percent or between 1 and 14 percent of all pregnancy cases.
Diabetes during pregnancy in any form should be a reason for higher attention whether it’s gestational or type1/2 diabetes. Women with type1/2 diabetes know about the risks for them and their babies before they get pregnant. Gestational diabetes could be an unpleasant surprise for those future moms that didn’t have this disease before. So, it’s of high importance for pregnant women (especially for those who are overweight) to keep their blood sugar level under control.
A woman with gestational diabetes can carry a baby that is too large for gestational age. This may lead to delivery complications.
Gestational diabetes belongs to treatable diseases. From the first day of its detection it’s necessary to control glucose level. Normal blood sugar level will help keep you form putting weight on, from complications in child birth, and further progress to type 2 diabetes mellitus.
