The risks of pregnancy are many.Gestational diabetes is one of them and endangers both the health of the mother and the baby to be born.Elmer Huerta, RPP News medical advisor, explains that this disease can be complicated due to lack of treatment and bring both to death.
“20% of women who get pregnant will develop diabetes problems during pregnancy, is what we call gestational diabetes, which is characterized by rapid weight gain, blood sugar increases and that causes the lady to beginTo go to the bathroom every time and some symptoms related to that weight gain and blood sugar, ”he says.
The negative effects affect the mother and non -born.Huerta comments that in pregnant woman the presence of diabetes can complicate the childbirth process.
“In the mother it has been documented that the amniotic fluid can increase, that is, the‘ belly ’grows, but more than anything due to fluid increase;You can also have premature birth;It can be more susceptible to infections, especially urinary;He will have problems with childbirth and will have to resort to a caesarean section, with the complications that a caesarean section entails;You can also have damage to the retina;In addition to suffering from metabolic syndrome: increased triglycerides, blood pressure and body fat, ”he explains.
In the child not born, the consequences can be seen even after birth.
“In the baby it can bring, documented, an abnormal development of organs, heart problems and nervous system, can bring spontaneous abortion or premature birth, which will bring a small baby and with few chances of surviving;It can increase the size of the liver and pancreas of the baby, it can make long -term more pressure and diabetes, ”says Huerta.
The solution is simple: correct medical care.“Having an obstetrician, having a doctor who can tell how you are going.A simple sugar analysis will reveal that, in your blood, you have prediabetes.A simple examination will reveal that you have more than 100 of blood sugar that you should have on an empty stomach, "he concludes.
