What are the causes of gestational diabetes?
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Changing hormones and weight gain are part of a healthy pregnancy. But both changes make it hard for your body to keep up with its need for a hormone called insulin. When that happens, your body doesn't get the energy it needs from the food you eat. And excess of glucose in blood results in gestational diabetes.
This answer is based on source information from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Changing hormones and weight gain are part of a healthy pregnancy. But both changes make it hard for your body to keep up with its need for a hormone called insulin. When that happens, your body doesn't get the energy it needs from the food you eat.... More -
Dr. Deborah Raines of Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered:Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a state of carbohydrate intolerance during pregnancy. The exact cause is difficult to pinpoint but GDM may result from:
- Unidentified preexisting diabetes mellitus
- Unmasking a metabolic abnormality caused by the added stress of pregnancy
- Alteration of maternal metabolism cause by the fluctuations in hormones during pregnancy
- Development of insulin resistance in response to the presence of the anti-insulin action of placenta hormones
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a state of carbohydrate intolerance during pregnancy. The exact cause is difficult to pinpoint but GDM may result from: Unidentified preexisting diabetes mellitus Unmasking a metabolic abnormality caused by... More
