Gestational diabetes

Introduction: Diabetes refers to group of certain metabolic problems caused either by low or no insulin secretion by pancreas or no response by insulin receptors to glucose binding insulin molecules. The disease is also known as diabetes mellitus and has three different types (type 1, type 2, gestational). It is a major problem and significantly affected the health of large population of Australia. Indigenous people tend to experience this problem in earlier age as compared to other Australians…

Gestational diabetes is often found in women who do not eat healthily and regularly exercise (“Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy”). There is no cure for this disease, but there is a treatment that is started quickly after the diagnosis (“Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy”). Special meal plans and scheduled physical activity is available to help treat the disease (“How to treat Gestational Diabetes”). The CDC advises that if blood glucose level does…

2015, a new blood test CBC was taken as a procedure screening, which showed a decrease of hemoglobin, compared to in March. The patient showed no history of any complications or signs of fatigue. A screen for gestational diabetes mellitus was ordered to determine if the patient had diabetes. An Iron study was also ordered to determine if there was any depletion of iron stores. Findings: Ferritin 8 ug/L (Ref. Range 20-170) Ferritin is analysed as a part of the reticuloendothelial system and is…

small pool. At the end of the study, the researchers concluded that aerobic exercises and conditioning on land and in water resulted in a decrease in gestational weight gain and preserved glucose tolerance in expecting mothers (Cordero, Mottola, Vargas, Blanco, & Barakat, (2015). With the large prevalence of pregnant women developing this form of diabetes, they should be informed of this additional exercise benefit to maternal well…

had to have dinner right? Having a baby required a lot of energy, or as far as I could imagine it did. I had gone the whole pregnancy without getting to enjoy carbohydrates or sugar. Gestational Diabetes limits the delicious, yet super unhealthy foods that one is allowed to intake. The worst part of gestational diabetes is that cheat meals are impossible when I was required to turn in the results of 3 daily blood sugar checks. For one meal, I convinced myself that I was eating what I wanted. I…

symptoms. Another study analysed by Winter was in relation to a trail carried out to see if exercise would help to regulate maternal blood sugar levels of those suffering from gestational diabetes. In this experiment, a group of 43 women with gestational diabetes did not exercise (Control) and a group of 40 women with gestational diabetes undertook an exercise programme which consisted of 3 exercise sessions a week lasting 35-40 mins each throughout the course of the pregnancy. The outcome…

cerebellum can be visualized with ultrasound easily. Therefore imaging the posterior fossa is becoming an integral part of many routine fetal sonogram. Several authors working on transverse cerebellar diameter (TCD) have correlated it well with gestational age, even in the presence of growth retardation and found it as a better marker for GA estimation as compared to other clinical and biometric…

Diabetes is a disease that affects a roughly 1.25 million Americans. The number of American’s with diabetes continues to expand with roughly 1.7 million new Americans being diagnosed each year. Roughly twenty-five percent of the 1.7 million newly diagnosed diabetics every year are people over the age of sixty-five (diabetics.org, 2014). Over the next fifteen years, as the baby boomer generation begins reaching the age of sixty-five and older, the percentage of elderly diagnosed diabetics will…

burden of diabetes mellitus. There are several different types of diabetes including, Type 1 and 2, prediabetes, and gestational diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes mellitus therefore, insurance coverage for these patients will be further explored. The government has attempted to use the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to reduce the discrimination of patients with chronic and pre-existing conditions in addition to better coverage. Resource costs for treating diabetes are…

increasing (Nykjaer et al, 2014). There is not enough evidence concerning a level of fetal development and alcohol consumption that is considered safe. Studies show that maternal alcohol consumption had negative associations with fetal growth and gestational age, while also increasing the odds for babies being born preterm. And even women who had 1-2 units once or twice a week beginning in the first trimester were still at risk for these factors compared to mothers who abstained (Nykjaer et al,…