There is no Rose without a thorn

Oh! Pregnant!!.... That’s the most beautiful phase for every women. But as it is said roses come along with thorns… So is the case of pregnancy. During pregnancy a women suffers many ailments and the commonest of all is Gestational Diabetes. This is a type of diabetes that some women get during pregnancy. Between 2 and 10 percent of expectant mothers develop this condition, making it one of the most common health problems of pregnancy.

Diabetes is always complicated; but in short it means when there is high blood sugar level in the blood.

When we eat, our digestive system breaks most of our food down into a type of sugar called glucose. The glucose enters our bloodstream and then, with the help of insulin (a hormone made by our pancreas), our cells use the glucose as fuel. However, if our body doesn't produce enough insulin – or our cells have a problem responding to the insulin – too much glucose remains in our blood instead of moving into the cells and getting converted to energy. When one is pregnant, hormonal changes can make our cells less responsive to insulin. Usually, this is not a problem; Pancreas dutifully supplies the extra need of insulin. But when Pancreas is not able to take it during pregnancy, blood sugar level rises in the blood resulting in Gestational Diabetes.  

Mostly, Gestational Diabetes goes away after child birth. But leaves the mother with high risk of diabetes later in life and during second pregnancy

Gestational diabetes usually has no symptoms. All pregnant women should have a glucose-screening test   between 24 and 28 weeks. If it is positive one must go for Glucose Tolerance Test   too.

Who is at risk of Gestational Diabetes?

 

• ·         Obesity

• ·         Previous history

• ·         Family history

• ·         Had a baby with birth defect

• ·         High Blood pressure

• ·         Sugar in urine

• ·         History of still birth

• ·         Age is over 35

Treatment

•   Monitoring diet and engaging in regular exercise really can be the key for women who have low-to-medium level insulin resistance.

•   Regular monitoring of blood glucose level:

·         fasting blood glucose (after you have not eaten for around eight hours – normally first thing in the morning)

·         postprandial blood glucose (one or two hours after you have eaten)

•   There are different types of medications available in different pathies like Allopathy, Ayurveda & Homeopathy

•  Monitoring of unborn baby should be done – regular ultrasound scans

•  After child birth Blood sugar level monitoring should be done again and medication should be stopped

Finishproblems.com has given us a platform to interact with medical advisors online to avail proper medications and remedies to help every pregnant females sail out through this phase happily and enjoy the womenhood.