‘Diabetes Induced’

Gestational Diabetes

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010


Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. Of every 100 pregnant women, about 4 of them develop gestational diabetes. As with other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes is a condition in which the body has difficulty in managing blood glucose (sugar) in the blood. Glucose is the main source of energy in the body. Diabetes increases the levels of blood sugar. This may create a serious health problem for you and your baby.

If gestational diabetes is not treated, the baby is at higher risk for:

  • Born too big
  • Birth defects
  • Stillborn
  • Complications at birth

The large babies may be injured during vaginal birth, reason for that is often required to undergo both a cesarean mother. Babies of mothers with gestational diabetes may have difficulty breathing, low blood sugar and jaundice during the first weeks after birth. Fortunately, gestational diabetes can be treated and controlled to protect the health of the mother and baby.

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Diabetes Risk

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

The Anaes recommends screening people over age 45 with at least one marker of diabetes risk outlined below:

  • Non-Caucasian origin and / or migrant
  • Markers of metabolic syndrome
  • Overweight measured from BMI, defined as> 28 kg / m²
  • Hypertension (systolic blood pressure> 140 mmHg and / or diastolic blood pressure> 90 mmHg and / or treated hypertension)
  • HDL cholesterol <0.35 g / L (0.9 mmol / L) and / or triglycerides> 2 g / L (2.3 mmol / L) and / or treated dyslipidemia;

History:

No gestational diabetes or children with birth weight over 4 kg;

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Diabetes Induced

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Diabetes Induced

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Diabetes: why is a cardiovascular risk factor so important?

Whether insulin production is insufficient if there is resistance to its action, glucose accumulates in the blood (called hyperglycemia), progressively damages the blood vessels (arteries and veins) and accelerates the process of atherosclerosis by increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease: angina, myocardial infarction (and their complications and mortality after infarction) and sudden cardiac death. The cardiovascular risk of a diabetic having a cardiovascular event has matched that of a non-diabetic who has had a heart attack.

It also increases the possibility of cerebrovascular disease or peripheral artery involvement. To enter the brain glucose does not need insulin, because it moves directly from the blood. Maintain constant levels of blood glucose (between 60-110 mg / dl) avoids damage to nervous system.

Diabetes can damage different organs: the eyes, with progressive decrease in vision that can lead to blindness, to the kidneys, with increased loss of kidney function that may result in dialysis; the peripheral nervous system with altered sensitivities lower limbs, which poses a serious risk of ulcers and amputations, the autonomic nervous system with digestive disorders, urinary and sexual sphere
(impotence) and lower extremity arteries with risk of amputation.

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