Gestational Diabetes
Disease information
Gestational Diabetes
Like in the other types of
diabetes
, the
problem
is that the glucose levels increase, in this case because the nonmetaboliza woman the carbohydrates of suitable way, or by
insulin
insufficiency or some incapacity to use the hormone suitably.
When the glucose levels in the
mother
are very high, the fetus produces additional
insulin
that acts like
a
growth hormone, causing that the baby is very great and generally very sickly.
The monthly medical checkup during the
pregnancy
is very important, since if the
problem
is detected on time, the measures and suitable treatment can be established to control it.
This treatment
has
to do fundamentally with the diet of the
mother
, the physical exercises recommended and the rest.
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