42 Treatments  for Diabetes in Pregnancy

7 Tests 1 Medical Procedures 2 Prescribed Medications 1 Over the Counter Medications

5 Self Care 26 Herbs and Supplements

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Treatment News for Diabetes in Pregnancy

Tests for Diabetes in Pregnancy

1. History and Physical Exam During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical ex...  More Costs

2. Fasting Blood Glucose Test A blood glucose test measures the amount of sugar (glucose) in a sample of your blood. See also: Glucose test - CSF; Glucose test - urine; Home blood glucose m...  More

3. Serum 2 Hours Post-Prandial Glucose Level Test The glucose tolerance test is a laboratory method to check how the body breaks down (metabolizes) blood sugar.  More

4. Urinalysis Urinalysis is the physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of urine. It involves a number of tests to detect and measure various compounds that pass through ...  More Costs

5. Serum Creatinine Test Creatinine is a breakdown product of creatine, which is an important part of muscle. This article discusses the laboratory test to measure the amount of creatinine ...  More

6. 10 Hour Urine Microalbumin The microalbuminuria test looks for small quantities of a protein called albumin in a urine sample. See also: Urine albumin  More

7. 24 Hour Urine Albumin Output Test

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Medical Procedures for Diabetes in Pregnancy

1. Keep Blood Glucose under Control Do you sometimes wonder if you can keep up with the day-to day management of your diabetes? It's natural to feel overwhelmed sometimes. Try these tips to ...  More

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Prescribed Medications for Diabetes in Pregnancy

1. glyBURIDE(DiaBeta , others...) GLYBURIDE (GLYE byoor ide) helps to treat type 2 diabetes. Treatment is combined with diet and exercise. The medicine helps your body to use insulin better.  More

2. insulin regular(Iletin II Regular Pork , Humulin R (Concentrated)) REGULAR INSULIN (REG yuh ler IN su lin) is a human-made form of insulin. This medicine lowers the amount of sugar in your blood. It is a short-acting insulin that s...  More

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Over the Counter Medications for Diabetes in Pregnancy

1. insulin regular(Novolin R , others...) REGULAR INSULIN (REG yuh ler IN su lin) is a human-made form of insulin. This medicine lowers the amount of sugar in your blood. It is a short-acting insulin that s...  More

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Self Care for Diabetes in Pregnancy

1. Regular Exercise Tips for losing weight with exercise  More

2. Eat a Balanced Diet A balanced diet means getting the right types and amounts of foods and drinks to supply nutrition and energy for maintaining body cells, tissues, and organs, and fo...  More

3. Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring Blood glucose monitoring refers to the ongoing measurement of blood sugar (glucose. Monitoring can be done at any time using a portable device called a glucometer. ...  More

4. Exercise Exercise is any activity requiring physical exertion done for the sake of health. Activities range from walking and yoga to lifting weights and martial arts .  More

5. Maintain Healthy Weight In today's society, there's much confusion over what constitutes a healthy weight. Here are some ways to find out where you stand on the weight issue.  More

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Herbs and Supplements for Diabetes in Pregnancy What's this?

1. Bitter Melon Bitter melon ( Momordica charantia L. Curcurbitaceae ) has traditionally been used as a remedy for lowering blood glucose in patients with diabetes mellitus. Prelim...  More Efficacy Grade B

2. Gymnema Preliminary human evidence suggests that gymnema may be effective in the management of blood sugar levels in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as an adjunct to convention...  More Efficacy Grade B

3. vitamin D Vitamin D is found in numerous dietary sources such as fish, eggs, fortified milk, and cod liver oil. The sun is also a significant contributor to our daily product...  More Efficacy Grade C

4. Zinc Zinc formulations have been used since Ancient Egyptian times to enhance wound healing, although the usefulness of this approach is only partially confirmed by clin...  More Efficacy Grade C

5. vitamin E Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin with antioxidant properties. Vitamin E exists in eight different forms (isomers): alpha, beta, gamma and delta tocopherol; a...  More Efficacy Grade C

6. biotin Biotin is an essential water-soluble B vitamin. The name biotin is taken from the Greek word bios meaning life. Without biotin, certain enzymes do not work properly...  More Efficacy Grade C

7. green tea Green tea is made from the dried leaves of Camellia sinensis , a perennial evergreen shrub. Green tea has a long history of use, dating back to China approximately ...  More Efficacy Grade C

8. Taurine Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, was originally discovered in ox ( Bos taurus ) bile and was named after taurus, or bull. A nonessential amino acid-like comp...  More Efficacy Grade C

9. flaxseed Flaxseed and its derivative flaxseed oil/linseed oil are rich sources of the essential fatty acid alpha-linolenic acid, which is a biologic precursor to omega-3 fat...  More Efficacy Grade C

10. aloe vera Transparent gel from the pulp of the meaty leaves of Aloe vera has been used topically for thousands of years to treat wounds, skin infections, burns, and numerous ...  More Efficacy Grade C

11. lutein Lutein and zeaxanthin are found in high levels in foods such as green vegetables, egg yolk, kiwi fruit, grapes, orange juice, zucchini, squash, and corn. For some c...  More Efficacy Grade C

12. dandelion Dandelion is a member of the Asteraceae/Compositae family closely related to chicory. It is a perennial herb, native throughout the Northern hemisphere, and found g...  More Efficacy Grade C

13. Alfalfa Alfalfa is a legume that has a long history of dietary and medicinal uses. A small number of animal and preliminary human studies report that alfalfa supplements ma...  More Efficacy Grade C

14. Spirulina The term spirulina refers to a large number of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae. Both Spirulina spp . and non- Spirulina spp. fall into the classification of cyan...  More Efficacy Grade C

15. pycnogenol Pycnogenol® is the patented trade name for a water extract of the bark of the French maritime pine ( Pinus pinaster ssp. atlantica ), which is grown in coastal...  More Efficacy Grade C

16. milk thistle Milk thistle has been used medicinally for over 2,000 years, most commonly for the treatment of liver and gallbladder disorders. A flavonoid complex called silymari...  More Efficacy Grade C

17. Red Clover Red clover is a legume, which like soy contains phytoestrogens (plant-based chemicals that are similar to estrogen, and may act in the body like estrogen or may act...  More Efficacy Grade C

18. Berberine Berberine is a bitter-tasting, yellow, plant alkaloid with a long history of medicinal use in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. Berberine is present in the roots, rhi...  More Efficacy Grade C

19. bilberry Bilberry, a close relative of blueberry, has a long history of medicinal use. The dried fruit has been popular for the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea, for topica...  More Efficacy Grade C

20. Nopal Traditionally, nopal (also known as prickly pear) has both food and medicinal uses. Nopals are common in North American deserts and are generally sold fresh, canned...  More Efficacy Grade C

21. Withania somnifera Efficacy Grade C

22. Holy basil The two primary types of basil are closely related: Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil), which is a staple of Italian and Asian cooking, and Ocimum sanctum (holy ba...  More Efficacy Grade C

23. Burdock Burdock has historically been used to treat a wide variety of ailments, including arthritis, diabetes, and hair loss. It is a principal herbal ingredient in the pop...  More Efficacy Grade C

24. Linolenic Acid Dietary sources of omega-3 fatty acids include fish oil and certain plant/nut oils. Fish oil contains both docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA...  More

25. ubiquinone Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is produced by the human body and is necessary for the basic functioning of cells. CoQ10 levels are reported to decrease with age and to be low...  More

26. evening primrose Evening primrose oil (EPO) contains an omega-6 essential fatty acid, gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), which is believed to be the active ingredient. EPO has been studied...  More

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