Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

 Etiology pathophysiology causes of gestational diabetes mellitus, pregnancy induced diabetes.

 
 what are types of Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes is classified into 3 types.
1-Type 1 Diabetes
2-Type 2 Diabetes
3-Gestational Diabetes

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Some women who develop diabetes during later stages of pregnancy is called as Gestational diabetes. 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 may have no symptoms at all. The cause of gestational diabetes is hormonal imbalance during pregnancy or insufficient Insulin. Child of women who develops gestational diabetes is also at high risk of developing diabetes 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.

Women who develops diabetes just before being pregnant is called as Pregestational diabetes mellitus. Gestattional Diabetes is a complication of about 4% of all pregancies in USA. Women with gestational diabetes may have increase chances of developing chronic hypertension, and most of them do have Caesarion Deliveries.

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.