More about pregnancy and diabetes

Posted on March 7, 2009
Filed Under Diabetes, Gynelogical |

Diabetic pregnant women and their children benefit from an intensive treatment of diabetes mellitus

The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine recently published an article entitled “Effect of treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus on pregnancy outcomes” in which the authors of plants known whether treatment of women with gestational diabetes reduced the risk of complications Prenatal.

Although gestational diabetes is not associated with increased prenatal mortality, the fact is that the complications and increase the risk of fetal macrodome or large they may cause that requires a cesarean delivery

In this study, researchers compared two groups of patients with diabetes during pregnancy in weeks 24 to 34. The first group or intervention group received dietary advice, blood sugar monitoring and insulin treatment as necessary, while the second group of women who served as control, received regular or routine care.

At the end of the pregnancy, measured prenatal complications such as death at birth, dystopia or problems in the baby’s shoulder, bone fracture and nerve palsy, membership in a neonatal unit, the appearance of jaundice treatment phototherapeutic to specify the induction of labor, cesarean section was performed and whether anxiety and depression in mothers and their overall state of health.

The main findings of this study were that treatment of gestational diabetes reduced serious prenatal morbidity, ie the onset of disease or serious prenatal complications, and improved quality of life related to health of women treated. The treatment of this disease benefited the fetus and improved quality of life after the mother, without increasing the risk of caesarean section.

Pregnant women who develop diabetes during pregnancy should follow strict medical care for themselves and their children.

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