Diabetes is one of the most crippling diseases that any individual can undergo. The disease is due to the insufficient production of insulin or the inability of the cells to use the insulin properly. This leads to hyperglycemia and diabetes, causing many other medical issues with organs. There are two types of diabetes, Type 1 diabetes that is hereditary and Type II that is acquired diabetes. In both cases, the body is unable to produce insulin. Type I diabetes, being genetic in nature, is a result of the destruction or lack of insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. Type II diabetes is called acquired diabetes, as this is a result of the decline of beta cells resulting in diabetes. This leads to inconsistency in the production of insulin in the body. The body’s autonomic response to the inability to produce insulin is work doubly hard to produce the insulin, leading to hyperglycemia.

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The Australian authorities have today revealed a sharp rise in gestational diabetes which has the potential to become a major worry in the future. It has been confirmed that the rate of gestational diabetes in women aged 15 to 49 has increased by an alarming 20% between 2000 and 2006. While there are many reasons as to why this increase may have occurred the major considerations are:-

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While it is common knowledge that some pregnant ladies will take on a form of diabetes known as gestational diabetes this can be a very worrying time during what can be a very emotional period of a ladies life. Research shows that around 5% of pregnant ladies will develop gestational diabetes at some point during their pregnancy although the vast majority will only encounter the symptoms during pregnancy as the condition will more than likely to disappear after giving birth. Continue reading ‘The frightening thought of gestational diabetes’ »