Gestational diabetes

Posted on August 21st, 2007 by gabriel

Gestational diabetes, a complication in about 4% of all pregnancies in the United States, develops as glucose intolerance during pregnancy. If a woman had diabetes before she became pregnant, the disorder isn’t considered gestational diabetes.
During pregnancy, a woman’s insulin requirements increase, and between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy, her insulin requirements rise sharply. […]

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Posted on August 16th, 2007 by gabriel

Patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus have insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion. Many of them don’t require insulin injections. These patients account for about 90% of all patients with diabetes. In the United States, Type 2 diabetes affects more women than men, more African-Americans than whites, and more people with low incomes and limited […]

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