Symptoms of gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes occurs when high blood glucose levels are present during pregnancy, increasing blood sugar levels. It is a fairly common disease in pregnant women, since almost 10 percent are affected, increasing this percentage to twice the rate among women of Latino origin. We tell you more a

Gestational diabetes occurs when high blood glucose levels are present during pregnancy, increasing blood sugar levels.

It is a fairly common disease in pregnant women, since almost 10 percent are affected, increasing this percentage to twice the rate among women of Latino origin. We tell you more about the symptoms of gestational diabetes.

What are the symptoms of gestational diabetes

The person in charge of decomposing food, when a person ingests a food, is the digestive system, what it does is convert the food into glucose so that they can be absorbed by the cells.

The one responsible for the cells being able to absorb this glucose is insulin, but due to the hormonal changes that occur in pregnant women, this hormone produced in the pancreas can be affected and does not process glucose correctly, what this, instead of feeding the cells, stays wandering in the bloodstream, raising the blood sugar level and triggering a gestational diabetes.

At first everything returns normal once the child is born, but there may be sequelae , and it is very likely that a woman who has suffered gestational diabetes during pregnancy, also has it in successive gestational processes, in addition is more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.Latina women, an easy victim for gestational diabetes

Women of

Latin origin are more likely to develop diabetes for genetic reasons . While the rest of the world's population has a 30 percent risk of developing this disease, Latina women have a 52.5% chance of developing diabetes. Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Cubans and Dominicans are the women in Latin America most affected by gestational diabetes, so they should be tested glucoseperiodically, even more if they are going to increase the family. Symptoms of gestational diabetes As a general rule, gestational diabetes

does not have alarming or striking symptoms and its existence can only be known through the

test of glucose tolerance, which develops at pregnancies between 24 and the 28 weeks of pregnancy . It is the so-called test or glucose curve or O'Sullivan test. However, it is possible to associate certain symptomswith gestational diabetes:

- Fatigue - Much thirst - Nausea and vomiting

- Blurred vision

- Urinary infections or vaginal candidiasis

Diego Fernández.

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