Gestational Diabetes: Precautions and types

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(Free-Press-Release.com) August 20, 2011 -- Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes which affects pregnant women. It is believed that the hormones produced during pregnancy reduce a woman's receptivity to insulin, leading to high blood sugars, affecting about 4% of all pregnant women.

Hormones involved in development of placenta, which helps the baby to develop also blocks, the action of the mother's insulin in her body. This problem is called insulin resistance. During pregnancy a mother may need up to three times more insulin for glucose to leave the blood and transform to energy. When body is not able to use insulin due to insulin resistance it develops into Gestational Diabetes. Glucose builds up in the blood to high level, it is called hyperglycemia.

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