does gestational diabetes cause yeast infections?
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Candida, which is responsible for vaginal and oral thrush/yeast infections, thrives on excess sugar. When you have gestational diabetes with uncontrolled blood sugars, you're likely to have excess sugar in your body; the sugar will feed the candida and cause overgrowth.
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Gestational diabetes is a condition in which your blood sugar levels become high during pregnancy. It affects up to 10% of women who are pregnant in the U.S. each year. There are two classes of gestational diabetes. Women with class A1 can manage it through diet and exercise.
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Gestational diabetes may increase the risk of: placental abruption – the placenta (the organ that links the pregnant woman's blood supply to her unborn baby's) starts to come away from the wall of the womb (uterus). This may cause vaginal bleeding and/or constant abdominal pain.
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Advertisement. Yeast infections are especially common during pregnancy because hormone changes can disrupt the pH balance of the vagina. Common yeast infection symptoms include vaginal itching and a white, thick discharge that looks like cottage cheese.
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Even in pregnancy, yeast infections don't usually cause harmful effects in the mother. However, you can pass the yeast to your baby during delivery. Most babies who develop a yeast infection have it just in their mouths or diaper area.
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Complications of yeast infections But if you have a yeast infection when you go into labor, it is possible to pass it to your baby during delivery, since the fungus that causes vaginal yeast infections can also cause thrush (a yeast imbalance typically in the mouth).
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What causes gestational diabetes? Gestational diabetes occurs when your body can't make the extra insulin needed during pregnancy. Insulin, a hormone made in your pancreas, helps your body use glucose for energy and helps control your blood glucose levels.
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Diabetes and oral fungal infections Some conditions caused by diabetes such as high glucose in saliva, poor resistance to infection and dry mouth (low saliva levels) can contribute to oral thrush. Oral thrush causes white or red patches on the skin of the mouth, which can result in discomfort and ulcers.
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A yeast infection can be caused by one or more of the following: Hormonal changes that come with pregnancy or before your period. Taking hormones or birth control pills. Taking antibiotics or steroids.
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During pregnancy, the placenta produces hormones that help the baby develop. These hormones also block the effects of insulin in the woman's body, increasing her blood sugar levels. Most women who have gestational diabetes have no symptoms.
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During pregnancy, Candida (and the infections it causes) is even more common. According to one study, about 20 percent of women have Candida yeast in their vagina normally. That number goes up to 30 percent during pregnancy. Yeast is more likely to cause infection during pregnancy due to hormone fluctuations.
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During pregnancy, your placenta makes hormones that cause glucose to build up in your blood. Usually, your pancreas can send out enough insulin to handle it. But if your body can't make enough insulin or stops using insulin like it should, your blood sugar levels rise, and you get gestational diabetes.
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Diabetes during pregnancy—including type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes—can negatively affect the health of women and their babies. For women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, high blood sugar around the time of conception increases babies' risk of birth defects, stillbirth, and preterm birth.
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Gestational diabetes is a condition in which a woman without diabetes develops high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes generally results in few symptoms; however, it does increase the risk of pre-eclampsia, depression, and requiring a Caesarean section.
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Symptoms. For most women, gestational diabetes doesn't cause noticeable signs or symptoms. Increased thirst and more-frequent urination are possible symptoms.
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Skin infections People who have diabetes tend to get skin infections. If you have a skin infection, you'll notice one or more of the following: Hot, swollen skin that is painful. An itchy rash and sometimes tiny blisters, dry scaly skin, or a white discharge that looks like cottage cheese.
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Type 2 diabetes develops when the body isn't able to use insulin properly. Gestational diabetes is a condition that pregnant women develop when their body is not able to make and use insulin properly during pregnancy.