As in other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes is generallyasymptomatic. In rare cases, these symptoms may occur:
- Unusual fatigue
- polyuria (release of large quantities of urine)
- Intense thirst
Pregnancy and glucose metabolism
During the quarter 2 and 3 of pregnancy, a woman's need forinsulin is 2 -3 times higher. This explains the progressive increaseduring pregnancy, the production of hormones antiinsulina (eg,placental hormones, cortisol and growth hormone), which reducethe effect of insulin on the body. These hormones essential role inproper development of a task, so the health of mother and fetus.Normally, this resistance to insulin stimulates the pancreas toproduce a larger amount of insulin to compensate. Women arepredisposed to diabetes whose pancreas can not produce theextra insulin.
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