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THE number of Australian women diagnosed with gestational diabetes is set to rise by 50 per cent with the implementation of new guidelines.
The guidelines, which are expected to come into effect within three months, will lower the threshold of what is deemed safe blood-glucose levels in pregnant women and experts are predicting a substantial rise in cases of gestational diabetes.
Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears after birth. It causes higher-than-normal blood-glucose levels in the mother, which increases the risk of health problems for mother and baby.
** Why the change?
The threshold for diagnosis is being lowered because an international study (The Hyperglycemia And Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes study) found a baby?s health can be at risk when maternal blood-glucose levels are lower than the levels currently classified as gestational diabetes.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/gestational-diabetes-to-rise-50/story-fn6ja7bc-1226326070669
The guidelines, which are expected to come into effect within three months, will lower the threshold of what is deemed safe blood-glucose levels in pregnant women and experts are predicting a substantial rise in cases of gestational diabetes.
Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears after birth. It causes higher-than-normal blood-glucose levels in the mother, which increases the risk of health problems for mother and baby.
** Why the change?
The threshold for diagnosis is being lowered because an international study (The Hyperglycemia And Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes study) found a baby?s health can be at risk when maternal blood-glucose levels are lower than the levels currently classified as gestational diabetes.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/gestational-diabetes-to-rise-50/story-fn6ja7bc-1226326070669