what is pregnancy diabetes?
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Pregnancy Diabetes, medically known as "Gestational Diabetes", is a form of diabetes that some women get when they are pregnant. It doesn't mean you will "always" have diabetes the rest of your life, but some case studies have been done stating that if you are prone to Gestational Diabetes, you may develop Type II diabetes later in your life. Just take care of yourself, watch your diet, and exercise-you should do just fine! Also, listen to your OB Dr., do everything they instruct you to do-and you and your baby will be OK!
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I had a long explanation, but there is a more concise version at\n\nhttp://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.jsp\n\nClick on the menu at the left. There are two types of "sugar" diabetes. The most common is Type II (insulin insensitivity, most often associated with obesity).\n\nDiabetes is a wasting disease, eventually starving cells of needed glucose. It leads to and/or exacerbates other medical problems in the eyes, kidneys, numb toes, infections, etc. If you have it, work with your doctor to keep it VERY WELL CONTROLLED. Too many people have had amputated limbs, or need renal dialysis, or lost sight from this disease.
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It can be a side effect of diabetes.
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Well i Had to take a GT Test when i was pregnant I had to fast the night before go in to the blood lab have a sample taken then i drank a glucose drink and waited an hour had another blood sample taken waited another hour then another blood sample not very fun but that's life turns out i had gestational diabetes and as a result had my baby prematurely( Baby is fine,just stated walking) The tests show how your body copes with glucose in your bloodstream. If its too high then your body may be having trouble producing insulin
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What exactly is your question here? What type of diabetes are  you referring. Type 2, you would expect an elevated insulin level, especially in the early years.
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Sure!\nI had gestational diabetes.\nNow I'm postpartum and still have to check my glucose levels and watch my sugar intake.
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I don't know about gestational, but Type 1 is basically the condition where the body doesn't produce the insulin necessary to process sugar.  It usually occurs early in life, even childhood.  Insulin is usually required to treat it.\n\nType 2 is also called "adult onset" diabetes.  The body produces insulin, but excess sugar is carried around uselessly in the bloodstream.  It is treatable without insulin shots, and can be very well controlled with medication, diet and exersize.
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Actually its not just genetics. It is also the poor lifestyle choice of people today. Especially with the growing number of fastfood items. \n\n*Here are the factors that can make you diabetic.\n\n-Family history of diabetes- genetics\n-Obese\n-High Cholesterol Level\n-Doesn't Exercise Often\n-Habitual Smoker\n-Often stressed out\n-High-blood\n- And for women: If you have given birth to a baby weighing more than 9lbs (4kg.) or have experienced an increase in blood sugar level during pregnancy.  \n\n*And to know If you are diabetic:\nWell, studies show that if you have 2 or more of this symptoms, you may be diabetic.\n\n- frequent urination.\n- blurring of your eyesight\n- you easily get tired\n- numbness of the fingers and toes\n- wounds that take time to heal, or worst, it doesn’t heal!\n- Severe weight loss\n- frequent itchiness of parts of the body
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Not exactly sure what you are asking here, but galactose is an alternate energy source than the preferred glucose that many organisms use. Diabetes is a disease resulting from either an inability to produce insulin or a diminished capability of cells to recognize insulin as a hormone. In each case, it prevents glucose from being taken up into cells to be used for energy because insulin signals the cell to take glucose up from the blood stream. One way to keep model organisms with diabetes healthy until you want to study them is to grow them with galactose which intracellular levels are not affected by diabetes.
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Diabetes is the inability of a body to either produced insulin, produce enough insulin, or to use the insulin it does produce efficiently.  It cause glucose (blood sugar) to rise to dangerous levels in the blood stream.\n\nThere are different types of the disease with different causes.\n\nType 1 is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.  It most often occurs in children and young adults, but can occur at any age.  The only treatment is for the patient to take insulin, either with daily injections or the use of a pump worn that supplies insulin.  There is no cure.  Without insulin therapy, a Type 1 diabetic will die.\n\nType 2 is genetically linked (if one parent has it, you have a 50-50 chance of getting it; if both do, you are probably going to develop it as well).  It often occurs in middle to old age, but can occur in younger people, especially if they are overweight.  In some people, losing weight can make the symptoms go away with no further treatment.  Others control it with diet.  Still others take oral medications that cause the body to be more sensitive to the insulin that they produce.  Some Type 2 diabetics will need to take insulin and their disease will be treated in much the way that Type 1 diabetes is treated.  Treatment varies from patient to patient, depending on how severe the symptoms are.\n\nGestational diabetes is Type 2 diabetes that occurs while a woman is pregnant, and usually subsides once she has delivered.  A woman who develops Gestational diabetes is likely to develop Type 2 diabetes when she is older.
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ok..in english diabetes is the inability of cells to use sugar in the blood due to either a lack of insulin (produced by the pancreas) or the inability for a cell to transport sugar across the cell. because your cells cannot use the sugar it stays in limbo between the cells (high blood sugar)until it is filtered out through the kidneys (this causes alot of pressure and can destroy them). the high blood sugar also puts alot of pressure on the eyes that can cause blindness. another effect if left untreated is pariphial neuropathy..a big word for loss of circulation and feeling in the lower extremities (legs) this can lead to sores that cannot heal (because the cells cannot use the sugar for energy) these are things that do not happen all at once but over time. If you do not keep your sugar under control these things WILL happen...PLEASE take this disease seriously...many times the treatment is diet and exercise depending on how much insulin your pancreas does produce..if this does not work you will need to take medicine every day for the rest of your life (which is much better than the consiquences of not treating it ....amputation, blindness, kidney failure, stroke, heart attack, ect...this list continues to grow.
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Alternative Names:\n\nNoninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Diabetes - type 2\n\n\nCauses, incidence, and risk factors:\n\nDiabetes is caused by a problem in the way your body makes or uses insulin. Insulin is needed to move glucose (blood sugar) into cells, where it is used for energy.\n\nIf glucose does not get into the cells, the body cannot use it for energy. Too much glucose will then remain in the blood, causing the symptoms of diabetes.\n\nThere are several types of diabetes. This article focuses on Type 2, which is usually accompanied by obesity and insulin resistance. \n\nInsulin resistance means that insulin produced by your pancreas cannot get inside fat and muscle cells to produce energy. Since the cells are not getting the insulin they need, the pancreas produces more and more. Over time, abnormally high levels of sugar build up in the blood. This is called hyperglycemia. Many people with insulin resistance have hyperglycemia and high blood insulin levels at the same time. People who are overweight have a higher risk of insulin resistance, because fat interferes with the body's ability to use insulin.\n\nType 2 diabetes usually occurs gradually. Most people with the disease are overweight at the time of diagnosis. However, Type 2 diabetes can also develop in those who are thin, especially the elderly.\n\nFamily history and genetics play a large role in type 2 diabetes. Low activity level, poor diet, and excess body weight (especially around the waist) significantly increase your risk for type 2 diabetes.\n\nOther risk factors include:\n\nRace/ethnicity (African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native Americans all have high rates of diabetes)\nAge greater than 45 years\nPreviously identified impaired glucose tolerance by your doctor\nHigh blood pressure\nHDL cholesterol of less than 35mg/dL or triglyceride level of greater than 250mg/dL\nHistory of gestational diabetes
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What is Preeclampsia?\n\nPreeclampsia is a disorder that occurs only during pregnancy and the postpartum period and affects both the mother and the unborn baby. Affecting at least 5-8% of all pregnancies, it is a rapidly progressive condition characterized by high blood pressure and the presence of protein in the urine. Swelling, sudden weight gain, headaches and changes in vision are important symptoms; however, some women with rapidly advancing disease report few symptoms. Typically, preeclampsia occurs after 20 weeks gestation (in the late 2nd or 3rd trimesters or middle to late pregnancy), though it can occur earlier. Proper prenatal care is essential to diagnose and manage preeclampsia. Preeclampsia, Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) and toxemia are closely related conditions. HELLP Syndrome and eclampsia are other manifestations of the same syndrome. It is important to note that research shows that more women die from preeclampsia than eclampsia and one is not necessarily more serious than the other. \n\nPreeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a leading global cause of maternal and infant illness and death. By conservative estimates, these disorders are responsible for 76,000 deaths each year.
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I don't believe there is any correlation between hyperthyroidism and dibetes. But there are risks to a babies health if the mother is diabetic. The problem is that diabetics typically have high blood pressure, which results in less blood flow throught the moms body due to hardening  or constricting arteries, reducing the amount of blood to the unbrn child. Problems can vary, if any. I know several women that have dibetes and they never had any complications.\nCheck with your dr on the thyroid issue though.
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though it is a medical thing.. i shoudnt be giving you any advice.. but my mother has high diabetes and she takes insulin 5 times a day.\nShe was able to bring her sugar level down.\nShe stopped eating fried product and butter.  No more sugar... not even in tea or coffee.. just whole grain products like brown bread and brown rice...\nI bought her a small puppy.. and she goes with him for walk.. which is very healthy.\nShe eats loads of green vegetable.. \nand takes medicine regularly... just a little ocntrol on your diet and little exercise will help it . You should go to a dietician and do a diet list:)\n\ngood luck
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pregnant\nlow blood sugar\ncold/flu\nsee a doc
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It is when u have diabetes mellitus.