Diabetes During Pregnancy: A Risk

 

Diabetes can strike anyone at anytime and age. No one is secure from it and now days this disease is increasing among the people. There is a type of diabetes that strikes pregnant women. Such kind of diabetes is usually noted to disappear after delivering the child, but in some cases women may become permanent patient of diabetes in later years.

A research shows that one in five women returns for the diabetes test within six months of her delivery. That’s the first checkup they are supposed to undergo to stay secure from diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends change in the process by which pregnant women are tested for diabetes. This will identify the moderate cases of diabetes in pregnant women, most of which would just need better nutrition and exercise.