Gestational diabetes (or gestational diabetes mellitus, GDM) is a condition in which women without previously diagnosed diabetes exhibit high blood glucose levels during pregnancy (especially during third trimester). There is some question whether the condition is natural during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes is caused when the body of a pregnant woman does not secrete enough insulin required during pregnancy, leading to increased blood sugar le...
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Parent Disease:
- Diabetes mellitus ,
- Complications of pregnancy ,
- Endocrine diseases ,
- Nutrition disorder ,
- Female urologic disease
Diseases with this Risk Factor:
- Tricuspid atresia ,
- Atrial septal defect ,
- Persistent truncus arteriosus ,
- Transposition of the great arteries ,
- Ventricular septal defect ,
- Miscarriage ,
- Pre-eclampsia
Associated medical specialties:
View entire collection »Also known as:
- GDM,
- Diabetes during pregnancy,
- Gestational diabetes mellitus,
- Pregnancy diabetes,
- Pregnancy with diabetes