Gestational Diabetes - Causes and Symptoms

During pregnancy, the uterus develops organ called the placenta. The placenta connects the mother and child and the child provides enough nutrients and fluids. It also secretes several hormones, some of whom work of insulin - control blood sugar levels - so the mother must produce more insulin to keep blood sugar at safe levels. Gestational diabetes develops when the organ that produces insulin, the pancreas can not secrete enough insulin to keep blood sugar at safe levels.

Gestational diabetes - Symptoms

Because gestational diabetes does not cause symptoms, you should be screened for the presence of this condition. Usually it is held between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy. You may be surprised if your test shows elevated levels of blood sugar. You must pass this examination, because high blood sugar during gestational diabetes can cause problems for both you and your child.

Sometimes it turns out that a pregnant woman who has symptoms, was living with another type of diabetes without knowing it. If you have any other symptoms of diabetes, they may include:

    *  Thirst.
    *  Frequent urination.
    *  Increased hunger.
    *  Blurred vision.

Pregnancy itself causes women to urinate more often and feel more hungry, so the presence of such symptoms does not always mean a woman has diabetes. Talk to your doctor if you have these symptoms, so he spent you test to detect diabetes.