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Gestational diabetes
Gestational is a condition in which an individual without diabetes develops high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes generally results in few symptoms. increases the rate of pre-eclampsia, cesarean sections, and embryo macrosomia, as well as gestational diabetes. Babies born to individuals with poorly treated gestational diabetes are at increased risk of macrosomia, of having hypoglycemia after birth, and of . If untreated, diabetes can also result in stillbirth. Long term, children are at higher risk of being overweight and of developing type 2 diabetes.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Typically few symptoms
Causes — why it happens
- ·Not enough in the setting of insulin resistance
Prevention
- ·Maintaining a healthy weight and exercising before pregnancy
Treatment
- ·Diabetic diet, exercise, injections
Complications
- ·Pre-eclampsia, stillbirth, depression, increased risk of requiring a caesarean section
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