Gestational Diabetes : Causes
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Risk factors for gestational diabetes include: African or Hispanic ancestry; Being over age 25 when pregnant; Birth defect in a previous child; Obesity; Giving birth to a previous baby who weighed more than 9 pounds; Recurrent infections; Unexplai...
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Most women with GDM have no recognizable symptoms. However, leaving GDM undiagnosed and untreated is dangerous to the developing fetus. Left untreated, a woman with diabetes will have consistently high blood sugar. This sugar will cross the placen...
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Most women with gestational diabetes have no recognizable symptoms. However, leaving gestational diabetes undiagnosed and untreated is risky to the developing fetus. Left untreated, a diabetic mother's blood sugar levels will be consistently high....
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