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Gestational diabetes is a condition in which a person without diabetes develops high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. [ 2] Gestational diabetes generally results in few symptoms; [ 2] however, it increases the risk of pre-eclampsia, depression, and of needing a Caesarean section. [ 2] Babies born to individuals with poorly treated ...
Fasting prior to glucose testing may be required with some test types. Fasting blood sugar test, for example, requires 10–16 hour-long period of not eating before the test. [1] Blood sugar levels can be affected by some drugs and prior to some glucose tests these medications should be temporarily given up or their dosages should be decreased.
For pregnant women with diabetes, some particular challenges exist for both mother and fetus. If the pregnant woman has diabetes as a pre-existing disorder, it can cause early labor, birth defects, and larger than average infants. Therefore, experts advise diabetics to maintain blood sugar level close to normal range about 3 months before ...
Changes in blood glucose over time following a high and low glycemic index (GI) carbohydrate. A postprandial glucose (PPG) test is a blood glucose test that determines the amount of glucose in the plasma after a meal. [ 1] The diagnosis is typically restricted to postprandial hyperglycemia due to lack of strong evidence of co-relation with a ...
The glucose tolerance test (GTT, not to be confused with GGT test) is a medical test in which glucose is given and blood samples taken afterward to determine how quickly it is cleared from the blood. [ 1] The test is usually used to test for diabetes, insulin resistance, impaired beta cell function, [ 2] and sometimes reactive hypoglycemia and ...
Reactive hypoglycemia, postprandial hypoglycemia, or sugar crash is a term describing recurrent episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia occurring within four hours [ 1] after a high carbohydrate meal in people with and without diabetes. [ 2] The term is not necessarily a diagnosis since it requires an evaluation to determine the cause of the ...
Hypoglycemia, also called low blood sugar, is a fall in blood sugar to levels below normal, typically below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L). [ 1][ 3] Whipple's triad is used to properly identify hypoglycemic episodes. [ 2] It is defined as blood glucose below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L), symptoms associated with hypoglycemia, and resolution of symptoms when ...
The glycemic index of a food is defined as the incremental area under the two-hour blood glucose response curve ( AUC) following a 12-hour fast and ingestion of a food with a certain quantity of available carbohydrate (usually 50 g). The AUC of the test food is divided by the AUC of the standard (either glucose or white bread, giving two ...