Disease or Syndrome
gestational diabetes mellitus
Subclass of:
Pregnancy Complications;
Diabetes Mellitus
Also called:
Diabetes During Pregnancy
Definitions related to gestational diabetes:
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(maternal diabetes) Maternal diabetes can either be a gestational, mostly type 2 diabetes, or a type 1 diabetes. Essential is the resulting maternal hyperglycemia as a non-specific teratogen, imposing the same risk of congenital malformations to pregnant women with both type 1 and type2 diabetes.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Carbohydrate intolerance first diagnosed during pregnancy.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Gestational diabetes is a disorder characterized by abnormally high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. Affected women do not have diabetes before they are pregnant, and most of these women go back to being nondiabetic soon after the baby is born. The disease has a 30 to 70 percent chance of recurring in subsequent pregnancies. Additionally, about half of women with gestational diabetes develop another form of diabetes, known as type 2 diabetes, within a few years after their pregnancy. Gestational diabetes is often discovered during the second trimester of pregnancy. Most affected women have no symptoms, and the disease is discovered through routine screening at their obstetrician's office. If untreated, gestational diabetes increases the risk of pregnancy-associated high blood pressure (called preeclampsia) and early (premature) delivery of the baby. Babies of mothers with gestational diabetes tend to be large (macrosomia), which can cause complications during birth. Infants whose mothers have gestational diabetes are also more likely to develop dangerously low blood sugar levels soon after birth. Later in life, these individuals have an increased risk of developing obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.MedlinePlus GeneticsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(diabetes, gestational) Diabetes mellitus induced by PREGNANCY but resolved at the end of pregnancy. It does not include previously diagnosed diabetics who become pregnant (PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS). Gestational diabetes usually develops in late pregnancy when insulin antagonistic hormones peaks leading to INSULIN RESISTANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; and HYPERGLYCEMIA.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(diabetes and pregnancy) Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. When you are pregnant, high blood sugar levels are not good for your baby. About seven out of every 100 pregnant women in the United States get gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens for the first time when a woman is pregnant. Most of the time, it goes away after you have your baby. But it does increase your risk for developing type 2 diabetes later on. Your child is also at risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Most women get a test to check for diabetes during their second trimester of pregnancy. Women at higher risk may get a test earlier. If you already have diabetes, the best time to control your blood sugar is before you get pregnant. High blood sugar levels can be harmful to your baby during the first weeks of pregnancy - even before you know you are pregnant. To keep you and your baby healthy, it is important to keep your blood sugar as close to normal as possible before and during pregnancy. Either type of diabetes during pregnancy increases the chances of problems for you and your baby. To help lower the chances talk to your health care team about A meal plan for your pregnancy; A safe exercise plan; How often to test your blood sugar; Taking your medicine as prescribed. Your medicine plan may need to change during pregnancy. NIHMedlinePlusU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(gestational diabetes mellitus) A form of diabetes that appears during pregnancy.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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(gestational diabetes mellitus) Glucose intolerance which onsets during pregnancy; does not include diabetics who become pregnant or women who become lactosuric; after pregnancy, the woman is reclassified as diabetic or not depending on whether glucose intolerance persists.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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For women who have diabetes before they become pregnant, the risks of complications during pregnancy depend on how long diabetes has been present and whether complications of diabetes, such as high blood pressure and kidney damage, are present. Pregnancy tends to make diabetes (types 1 and 2) worse but does not trigger or worsen the...Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Gestational diabetes is diabetes diagnosed for the first time during pregnancy (gestation). Like other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes affects how your cells use sugar (glucose). Gestational diabetes causes high blood sugar that can affect your pregnancy and your baby's health.Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has traditionally been defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. However, the criteria for diagnosis are controversial, and some authorities now define it as diabetes diagnosed in the second or third trimester of pregnancy that is clearly not overt...Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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Gestational diabetes mellitus, temporary condition in which blood sugar (glucose) levels increase during pregnancy and return to normal after delivery. A healthy pregnancy is characterized by increased nutrient utilization, increased insulin resistance, and increased insulin secretion. Blood...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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