About 1 percent of all pregnant women have a condition that causes fear, most often due to lack of information, it is the glucose intolerance induced by pregnancy.
Formerly known as gestational diabetes, the nomenclature was changed just to avoid psychological problems and insecurity in the pregnant woman. This is a condition limited to the period of gestation and can be corrected simply with a diet after delivery.
Although it presents only a small proportion of pregnant women, is the largest endocrine pathology during pregnancy. This disease belongs to the group of disorders linked to heredity. The ethnic factor is also present. The populations of India and Micronesia are more prone to this condition.
Other Factors
The presence of a preexisting intolerance, maternal age of 25 years, family history of diabetes, obesity, newborn weighing more than 4 kilos in the previous pregnancy, fetal death without another explanation, problems with congenital malformations in previous pregnancies and recurrent infections (Candida albicans) are other factors that may determine the gestational diabetes.
However, it is convenient for women who are in the risk group, conducted a review of prenatal glucose intolerance, in addition to routine examination of fasting blood glucose.
Prevention
It must prevent the complications of diabetes during pregnancy. Prevention is the essence of the care of women with a picture of glucose intolerance.
But diabetes and may be inherent in women and, in this case, work during pregnancy should be more cautious. Pregnancy should be better planned, and women should only get pregnant when your glucose level is normal. Immediately after receiving the diagnosis of pregnancy, you should seek health services to begin prenatal care.
Unfortunately, many diabetics come to the clinic only when the pregnancy is already advanced, or even when they show signs of serious complications. If glucose levels are tightly controlled during pregnancy, there is a greatly increased risk of perinatal mortality, abortions, congenital anomalies and birth trauma. In addition, pregnant women with appropriate medical monitoring, have the same chance of having a healthy baby than women without diabetes.
Diabetic women carrying kidney disease (nephropathy) are more subject to disorders associated with increased blood pressure during pregnancy.
Also, diabetic coma is a medical emergency that requires immediate hospitalization to correct metabolic abnormalities veins, which are also a concern among diabetics with vascular disease prior.
The medical monitoring of pregnant women during the prenatal period, with an active search for risk factors would prevent the vast majority of problems and complications.
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