The causes of gestational diabetes include family history and insulin resistance.
1. Family history and other factors: a history of diabetes in the family, especially in the maternal family, a history of giving birth to a large or over-age child, a history of unexplained stillbirths and miscarriages. High hemoglobin and excess amniotic fluid in early pregnancy, and multiple positive fasting urine sugars in early pregnancy. All these factors increase the probability of developing gestational diabetes.
2. Insulin resistance: with the increase of pregnancy weeks, pregnant women can produce insulin resistance substances such as inflammatory factors, and weight gain may lead to insulin resistance, causing abnormal glucose metabolism, leading to gestational diabetes.
With the national standards for the management and diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus strictly delineated, if you do not have diabetes mellitus before pregnancy, take 75g of glucose orally to monitor the fasting, 1 hour after meals, and 2 hours of blood glucose monitoring after taking sugar. The diagnosis of gestational diabetes is usually made as long as one of these exceeds the normal range.
If you have gestational diabetes, there is no need to worry too much. Generally, through effective control of blood glucose, more pregnant women and newborns can be restored to health. Patients with abnormal blood glucose in pregnancy need to go to the hospital for standardized diagnosis and treatment under the guidance and advice of specialists.