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Gestational diabetes.(care and treatment)(Disease/Disorder overview)
GENERAL INFORMATION:
What is it?
* Some women get diabetes (di-uh-b-tees) while they are pregnant. This is called gestational (jes-ta-shun-ull) diabetes. "Gestational" means during pregnancy. Diabetes affects how your body uses sugar and makes insulin (in-suh-lun). Insulin helps your body use sugar. With diabetes, your body does not make enough insulin or the insulin does not work right. You may be treated with diet and exercise, or you may also have to take medicines to control your diabetes.
* Gestational diabetes may go away, or you may still have it after your baby is born. With gestational diabetes, the sugar in your blood needs to stay in a normal range. This will prevent health problems for both you and your baby. Health problems for your baby include your baby growing too big, or your baby having jaundice (jon-diss). This is a yellow color to the skin and whites of the eyes. Diabetes may cause your baby to have problems with his blood, heart, bone and nerve development.
Causes:
* Gestational diabetes is caused by the hormones made by the placenta (pluh-sen-tuh). The placenta is the tissue in your uterus (u-ter-us) that connects you to your baby. The hormones made by the placenta change the way insulin works in…
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