what are types of diabetes mellitus. diabetes mellitus is divided into 3 types.
1-Type 1 diabetes mellitus
2-Type 2 diabetes mellitus
3-Gestational diabetes mellitus
Gestational diabetes mellitus
Women who develops diabetes mellitus just before being pregnant is named as Pregestational diabetes mellitus. Gestattional diabetes mellitus is a complication of about 4% of all pregancies in USA. Women with gestational diabetes mellitus may have increase chances of developing chronic hypertension, and most of them do have Caesarion Deliveries.
Some women who develop diabetes mellitus during later stages of pregnancy is named as Gestational diabetes mellitus. Usually blood glucose level remains normal during first half of pregnancy then during later half women may have hyperglycemia leading to gestational diabetes mellitus. Though their glucose levels returns to normal but even then they have greater chances of developing diabetes mellitus within next 5 to 10 years. Women with gestational diabetes mellitus may have no symptoms at all. The cause of gestational diabetes mellitus is hormonal imbalance during pregnancy or insufficient Insulin. Child of women who develops gestational diabetes mellitus is also at high risk of developing diabetes mellitus in later life. Maintaining normal body weight and being physically active may help prevent development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a patient of gestational diabetes mellitus.
Hyperglycemia during pregnancy is also fetal to embryo, that may lead to congenital abnormalities specially of heart and spinal cord. So maintaining blood glucose to normal is extremly important specially during first 9 weeks of pregnancy as babies organ are formed during this period. gestational diabetic mothers are usually having very fat babies.
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