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The risk of diabetes for a pregnant 

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Gestational Diabetes

During pregnancy, the placenta produces hormones that help and support pregnancy. These hormones make cells more resistant to insulin.

In the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, the placenta enlarges and produces large amounts of these hormones that make insulin difficult and making it more difficult.

In normal conditions, the pancreas produces a reaction to produce an extra amount of insulin to overcome that resistance, but sometimes the pancreas is unable to keep pace with the pace, which results in very little sugar (glucose) reaching the cells while collecting A large amount of it accumulates in the blood circulation. Thus gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) is formed. Any pregnant woman may develop gestational diabetes, but there are women who are more susceptible than others.

"Risk factors for developing diabetes in a pregnant woman"

| --- | Women over 25 years old

| --- | Family or personal history

| --- | Overweight

Diabetes Complications

| --- | Gradual rise in blood pressure

| --- | Distinguished disorders of blood lipids, especially triglyceride elevation
| --- | Low-density lipoprotein (HDL-HDL).
| --- | In general, diabetics suffer distinct damage: in the kidneys, in the retina and in the nervous system.
However, complications from diabetes vary depending on the type of diabetes.

Complications of type 1 and type 2 diabetes

| --- | Short-term complications due to type 1 and type 2 diabetes require immediate treatment. Such cases, which are not immediately addressed, may lead to Convulsions and Coma.
Hyperglycemia
High level of ketones in the urine (diabetic ketoacidosis)
Hypoglycemia (hypoglycemia)
| --- | The long-term complications caused by diabetes appear gradually.
The risk of complications increases as diabetes occurs at a younger age and in people who are not keen to balance the level of sugar in the blood. Diabetes complications may eventually lead to disabilities or even death.
Vascular heart disease (cardiovascular)
Nerve damage (Neuropathy)
Kidney damage (nephropathy)
Eye damage
Damage to the shoulders of the feet
Skin and mouth diseases
Bone and joint problems.

Complications of Gestational Diabetes

The majority of women who develop gestational diabetes give birth to healthy babies. However, if diabetes in the blood of a pregnant woman is unbalanced and is not monitored and treated as it should, it may cause harm to both the mother and the baby.

Complications that may occur in a newborn due to gestational diabetes:

| --- | Overgrowth
| --- | Hypoglycemia
| --- | Respiratory distress syndrome
| --- | Jaundice
| --- | Type 2 diabetes at an advanced age
| --- | the death

Complications that may occur in the mother due to gestational diabetes.
Pre-eclampsia
Gestational diabetes in the next pregnancy as well

Complications of pre-diabetes.

Advances in diabetes may develop and worsen into type 2 diabetes.
Diagnosed with diabetes
There are several blood tests that can diagnose type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes
| --- | Random check blood sugar level.
| --- | Check the level of diabetes in the blood during fasting.
If a person is diagnosed with symptoms of diabetes, according to the results of the tests, the doctor may decide to conduct additional tests in order to determine the type of diabetes, in order to choose the appropriate and effective treatment, knowing that the methods of treatment differ from one type of diabetes to another. The doctor also recommends a Hemoglobin A1C / Glycosylated hemoglobin test.

Tests for detecting gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes screening tests are an integral part of regular, routine, pregnancy tests

Most medical professionals are advised to have a blood test for diabetes called a "Glucose Challenge Test" that is carried out during pregnancy, between the twenty-fourth week and the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy, or before that in women who are most at risk of developing gestational diabetes. The Glucose Challenge Test begins with drinking a syrup of sugar syrup. An hour later, a blood test is done to measure the level (concentration) of diabetes in the blood. If the blood sugar is above 140 mg/dl (mg/dl), this usually indicates the presence of gestational diabetes.

In most cases, there is a need to repeat the test in order to confirm the diagnosis of diabetes.

In preparation for the repeated (additional) examination, the pregnant woman undergoing the examination should fast the night before the examination. Here, again, a sweet-tasting solution containing this time a higher concentration of glucose is drunk, then the blood sugar level is measured every hour, over a period of three hours.

Tests to detect "pre-diabetes"

The American College of Endocrinology (Endocrinology) usually recommends screening for "pre-diabetes" for every person with a family history of type 2 diabetes, for those who are obese or have metabolic syndrome.

It is also recommended that you undergo this examination, as well, women who have had gestational diabetes in the past.

Your doctor may recommend that you undergo one of the following two tests to diagnose "prediabetes":

Check blood sugar during fasting

Glucose tolerance test.

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