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A 3 page research paper that offers a brief overview of Gestational Diabetes. The writer describes the condition, its associated risks and the standard treatment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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exclude the possibility that glucose intolerance preexisted the pregnancy, but was unrecognized. Roughly 7 percent of all pregnancies are affected by GDM, therefore, risk assessment for GDM is typically performed
at the first prenatal visit. There has been considerable debate about which women should undergo glucose testing and when, and some groups argue that all pregnant women should undergo testing;
however, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends GDM screening only for pregnant women determined to be at moderate to high risk for this condition (Perkins, Dunn and Jagasia, 2007). Women
with GDM are at greater risk for "excessive weight gain, preeclampsia and cesarean sections," and infants born to mothers with GDM are at greater risk for "macrosomia, birth trauma, and
should dystocia," as well as "hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia (and) respiratory distress syndrome," as well as other conditions after birth (Perkins, Dunn and Jagasia, 2007, p. 57). Pregnancy, in and of
itself, is a condition that is typically characterized by increasing insulin resistance, which generally begins near the middle of pregnancy and increases during the last trimester, with normal insulin sensitivity
falling by 50 percent (Perkins, Dunn and Jagasia, 2007). The two main causes of this are increased maternal adiposity and also the desensitizing effects of hormones produced by the placenta
(Perkins, Dunn and Jagasia, 2007). Research has shown that the "magnitude of fetal-neonatal risk" is directly proportional to the "severity of maternal hyperglycemia" (Perkins, Dunn and Jagasia, 2007, p. 57).
In order to control GDM, studies have shown that women who test their blood glucose regularly exhibit better glycemic control. It is recommended that before meals blood glucose levels
should be below 95 mg/dl and stay below 140 mg/dl, 1 hour after the meal and below 120 2 hours after the meal (Perkins, Dunn and Jagasia, 2007). Individualized medical
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