Re: Glucose Tolerance Testing

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Hi there Melody,

Glucose Tolerance Testing is to check to see if you have a

type of diabetes, or high blood sugar, that only pregnant

women get. The word gestational means pregnant. If a woman

gets high blood sugar when pregnant, but she never had high

blood sugar before, its then called gestational diabetes. Its

one of the top health concerns related to pregnancy. Most of

the time, gestational diabetes goes away after the baby is

born. The changes in your body that cause gestational diabetes

normally occur only when you are pregnant. After the baby is

born, your body goes back to normal and the condition goes

away. Women diagnosed with gestational diabetes have an

increased risk of developing diabetes mellitus in the future.

If they require insulin for their pregnancy, there is a 50%

risk of diabetes within 5 years. If dietary control has been

sufficient, a 60% risk of developing diabetes mellitus within

10-15 years still persists.

The web links are below for you if you like.

Hope this helps a little, ita.

http://www.medstudents.com.br/ginob/ginob4.htm

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/gest_diabetes.htm