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08/17/2016
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Learn more about gestational diabetes, the problems it can cause and how to prevent the problem.
iSaúde Bahia - What are the main care that a pregnant woman with diabetes should be careful?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho -. She should keep glucose levels within the target, ie, before the meal up to 90 mg / dl two hours after meal up to 120mg / dl. Do not gain too much weight. Maintain physical activity if you have no contraindication.
ISB - What problems diabetic pregnant patient have?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho -. The biggest problem is for the baby. For pregnant women, it may be worsening or onset of diabetic retinopathy.
ISB - What is self-monitoring blood glucose?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho. - Measuring blood glucose - blood sugar.
ISB - What is gestational diabetes?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho -. This is the diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy. Unlike diabetic who becomes pregnant.
ISB - What are the symptoms?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho -. Overall, it has no symptoms. It is diagnosed in routine examinations during pregnancy.
ISB - How is it diagnosed?
Dra. Ana Claudia Ramalho - Fasting glucose> 92mg / dl or test oral glucose tolerance 75 grams of glucose with 1 h> 180 and 2 pm> 153mg / dl.
ISB - Why does it occur?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho. - For the second trimester of pregnancy increases the production of progesterone and human placental lactogen which has the opposite effect to insulin, increasing insulin resistance.
ISB - Some women are more prone to gestational diabetes?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho. - Obese, over 40 with a family history of diabetes.
ISB - The care of this patient are the same as the pregnant woman who is already diabetic?
Dra. Ana Claudia Ramalho - Yes
ISB - There is how to prevent gestational diabetes?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho. - Avoid very weight gain and physical activity if there is no contraindication.
ISB - who had gestational diabetes run the risk of becoming diabetic? How to avoid the problem?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho - Yes Six weeks after delivery reevaluated this pregnant: It may be normal or have an answer to diabetes tolerance test. If you are regular, it is a risk factor for developing diabetes
ISB - A diabetic mother or had gestational diabetes can breastfeed normally?
Dra. Ana Claudia Ramalho - Yes
ISB - any special care is necessary at the time of delivery, in both cases?
Dra. Ana Claudia Ramalho - The delivery should preferably be caesarean, the first morning; all programmed.
ISB - How should care for the baby after birth?
Dra. Ana Claudia Ramalho - glycemic rating, as it can have hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia neonatal jaundice.
ISB - What problems the baby diabetic mother or had gestational diabetes may have?
Dr. Ana Claudia Ramalho -. You can be born macrosomic> 4 kg
have hypoglycemia
Having neonatal jaundice
Having hypocalcemia
In such cases, they should go to the neonatal ICU
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