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Diseases

Gestational Diabetes

gestational diabetes

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Diseases
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Core Information

Disease Name
Gestational Diabetes
Standard Disease Name
gestational diabetes
MeSH Tree
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ICD-10
O24.4

Identifiers

DO ID
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MeSH ID
D016640
OMIM ID
MTHU004757
UMLS ID
C0085207
HPO ID
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Description and Extensions

Description
NCI2016_NICHD_1602D:Carbohydrate intolerance first diagnosed during pregnancy.|NCI2016_02D:Carbohydrate intolerance first diagnosed during pregnancy.(NICHD)|MSH2017_2016_08_12:Diabetes mellitus induced by PREGNANCY but resolved at the end of pregnancy. It does not include previously diagnosed diabetics who become pregnant (PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS). Gestational diabetes usually develops in late pregnancy when insulin antagonistic hormones peaks leading to INSULIN RESISTANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; and HYPERGLYCEMIA.|MEDLINEPLUS_20151021:<p><a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html'>Diabetes</a> is a disease in which your blood glucose, or <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodsugar.html'>blood sugar</a>, levels are too high. When you are pregnant, high blood sugar levels are not good for your baby.</p> <p>About seven out of every 100 pregnant women in the United States get gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens for the first time when a woman is pregnant. Most of the time, it goes away after you have your baby. But it does increase your risk for developing type 2 diabetes later on. Your child is also at risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes.</p> <p>Most women get a test to check for diabetes during their second trimester of pregnancy. Women at higher risk may get a test earlier.</p> <p>If you already have diabetes, the best time to control your blood sugar is before you get pregnant. High blood sugar levels can be harmful to your baby during the first weeks of pregnancy - even before you know you are pregnant. To keep you and your baby healthy, it is important to keep your blood sugar as close to normal as possible before and during pregnancy.</p> <p>Either type of diabetes during pregnancy increases the chances of problems for you and your baby. To help lower the chances talk to your health care team about</p> <ul> <li>A meal plan for your pregnancy</li> <li>A safe exercise plan</li> <li>How often to test your blood sugar</li> <li>Taking your <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetesmedicines.html'>medicine</a> as prescribed. Your medicine plan may need to change during pregnancy.</li> </ul> <p >NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases</p>|HPO2016_07_04:Maternal diabetes can either be a gestational, mostly type 2 diabetes, or a type 1 diabetes. Essential is the resulting maternal hyperglycemia as a non-specific teratogen, imposing the same risk of congenital malformations to pregnant women with both type 1 and type2 diabetes. [HPO:curators]|CSP2006:glucose intolerance which onsets during pregnancy; does not include diabetics who become pregnant or women who become lactosuric; after pregnancy, the woman is reclassified as diabetic or not depending on whether glucose intolerance persists.
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CDK5R1
cyclin dependent kinase 5 regulatory subunit 1
cyclin dependent kinase 5 regulatory subunit 1
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G6PC
glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit
glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit
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PCK1
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1