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Gestational Diabetes: case approach

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Gestational Diabetes: case approach

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Case Description

Gestational diabetes occurs when your body can’t make enough insulin during your pregnancy. During pregnancy, body makes more hormones and goes through other changes, such as weight gain. These changes cause your body’s cells to use insulin less effectively, a condition called insulin resistance....

Case Summary

  • The presentation focused on gestational diabetes mellitus, starting with a case study of a 29-year-old pregnant woman with elevated blood sugar levels. The initial question explored differentiating gestational diabetes from overt, pre-gestational, and type 2 diabetes, highlighting the importance of timing and diagnostic criteria.

Speaker Profile

Dr. Swathi

Dr. Swathi

Assistant Professor,Biochemistry,Datta Megha Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha

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