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Recognize Early Signs and Symptoms of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus


Diabetes in pregnancy is often called Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder that is chronic and occurs due to insulin deficiency or insulin resistance.

The main symptom of this disorder is basically the same with the main symptoms of diabetes generally are frequent urination (polyuria), always feel thirsty (polydipsia), and often feel hungry (polyphagia). The difference is the patient is currently pregnant.

As with diabetes in general, the blood sugar tests also found a high value on fasting blood sugar levels and 2 hours after a meal and when it's done checking sugar levels in the urine were also found positive reactions. This examination can be repeated during treatment with antidiabetic drugs to monitor blood sugar levels.

Actions that can be performed on patients with gestational diabetes, among others, while maintaining the diabetes diet arrangement, when blood sugar levels are too high can be done hospitalization for regulation by either intravenous or insulin injections.

Recognize Symptoms of Diabetes

Patients with diabetes mellitus to increase each year. Diabetes mellitus is related to lifestyle, such as diet, exercise, obesity, and sleep patterns.

Polydipsia

Polydipsia is a situation where a person feels excessive thirst, it is often an early symptom of diabetes. Sometimes a person will feel dry in the mouth. However, this phenomenon does not mean that a person must be suffering from diabetes, because people who do strenuous activity and hot weather can also make us easy thirsty. However, you need to be aware if you are still hungry, especially after a lot of drinking. Easy taste thirst is usually due to excessive blood sugar levels continuously absorbs water from the tissue and therefore makes dehydration.

Polyuria

Many drinks, meaningful often urinate. Urinate more often than usual and abnormal urine volume called polyuria. Adults generally issued 1-2 liters of urine per day. So do not underestimate the condition always wanted to urinate, especially at night. Frequent urination due to severe dehydration can affect kidney function.

Polyphagia

Polyphagia is a situation where a person experiences excessive hunger and is one of three main symptoms of diabetes. Lack of insulin for the sugar into the cells can cause weak muscles and organs and the body runs out of energy. The brain will think less energy due to lack of food so that the body tries to increase food intake by sending hunger signals.
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