Gestational diabetes causes organic damage that would normally occur in women after five years of suffering from the disease.
Of 100% of the pregnant women who presented at some stage gestational diabetes, 10% will develop diabetes after childbirth, a very high incidence in large populations such as Mexican.
The head of the Tococirugía of the Ginecoobstetricia Hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Jalisco, José Manuel Segura Zavala, commented that in a period of nine months the mother could present a series of organic complications that make it more susceptible to develop,In the short term, a permanent problem of glucose intolerance, which is worrying if it is taken into account that the productive and reproductive stage corresponds to the population under 35 years of age.
Latin women are particularly prone to develop this type of diabetes due to genetic characteristics and lifestyles.Particularly in Mexico between 10 and 20 pregnancies of every 100 will be affected by glucose intolerance, this due to hormonal processes of pregnancy.
"They are above all the hormones that the placenta produces," he said, "those that cause glucose, normally circulating in the blood vessels, not appropriately between cells due to lack of insulin production: hormones produced precisely by theplacenta decreases the amount of insulin. "
The specialist said that good prenatal control could avoid serious complication during pregnancy in the case of gestational diabetes.If there is a history of metabolic diseases in the family, the first contact with the doctor is essential to start the search for risk factors.Pathology can be diagnosed between week 24 and 28 gestation.
"Most of these patients, with good control, will have a practically normal pregnancy. The search must be intentionally because in these cases there are no typical symptoms of excessive weight loss and thirst. Overweight or obesity represents an important factor ofRisk, "he said.
In 85 % of cases the problem is treated with diet, but when this measure is not enough insulin is used, which due to its chemical characteristics does not penetrate the placenta, that is, it does not affect the development of the baby.Mothers are recommended to trust treatment to avoid permanent problems in their health and that of the infant.
Segura Zavala stressed that in the absence of specialized treatment, children could be born with a body weight greater than four kilos, a condition that predisposes them to early obesity, without forgetting ravages caused in the mother's anatomy after childbirth, as a prolapse of genitalsand urinary incontinence.
