In fact, in recent years with a typical example of these rare patients with diabetes. Gestational diabetes is even more atypical clinical manifestations, and most of the normal fasting blood glucose, easily missed diagnosis. Therefore, obstetricians will be 24-28 weeks pregnant women in all 50 grams of glucose load test to whether screening of pregnant women with diabetes. If the outcome is unusual, so further 75 grams oral glucose tolerance test, according to the results of diagnosis.
As a result of minor symptoms, pregnant women not to identify themselves, so having any of the following risk factors for gestational diabetes in pregnant women should be alert to the possibility of illness:
1. Obese persons. If pre-pregnancy body mass index more than 24 (body mass index = weight kilograms / height in square centimeters), should be more alert.
2. Aged over 30 years of age, especially pregnant women over the age of 35.
3. Family in patients with diabetes, especially first-degree relatives (including parents and siblings) have diabetes, I suffer from diabetes during pregnancy significantly increased the risk.
4. Routine examination of the urine during pregnancy are often positive for fasting glucose.
5. Repeatedly during pregnancy suffer from vulvovaginal candidiasis (or fungal vaginitis).
6. Previous pregnancy had unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion, fetal death, fetal malformation and so on.
7. Had birth weight more than 4 kg of fetus.
8. Who had suffered from gestational diabetes mellitus.
9. Identified during the course of the pregnancy the fetus than the actual gestational age or too much amniotic fluid there.
Pregnant women if the above does not necessarily indicate the occurrence of pregnancy Gestational diabetes, just to remind its risk factors, screening should be accepted in order to avoid delaying treatment.
