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- Relationship to Diabetes
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COIMBATORE: The number of pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus has doubled after the glucose challenge test was introduced in government hospitals two years ago. While this has led to government hospitals often facing an insulin shortage, gynaecologists say it has made protection of the foetus from the effects of gestational diabetes more effective.
In Coimbatore Medical College, 4 per cent, or 105 of 2,556 pregnant women tested between September 2013 and January 2014 were found to have diabetes. Doctors say this is a two to five-fold increase from the 1 to 2 per cent of women diagnosed earlier by conducting other tests. "Earlier, we used to do a simple blood sugar test for which the number of women testing positive were much lower," says Dr S Revwathy, dean, Coimbatore Medical College.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...gestational-diabetes/articleshow/32171656.cms
In Coimbatore Medical College, 4 per cent, or 105 of 2,556 pregnant women tested between September 2013 and January 2014 were found to have diabetes. Doctors say this is a two to five-fold increase from the 1 to 2 per cent of women diagnosed earlier by conducting other tests. "Earlier, we used to do a simple blood sugar test for which the number of women testing positive were much lower," says Dr S Revwathy, dean, Coimbatore Medical College.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...gestational-diabetes/articleshow/32171656.cms