How Much Do You Know About Gestational Diabetes?
How Much Do You Know About Gestational Diabetes?
What, exactly, is gestational diabetes, and what do the results of this test mean for you and your baby? Take the quiz now to see just how much you know about gestational diabetes.
What, exactly, is gestational diabetes, and what do the results of this test mean for you and your baby? Take the quiz now to see just how much you know about gestational diabetes.
Gestational Diabetes - What Do You Know?
According to the American Diabetes Association, gestational diabetes is estimated to affect what percentage of women during their pregnancies?
Gestational diabetes is thought to be caused by:
Untreated or undiagnosed gestational diabetes can lead to:
Gestational diabetes is usually symptom-less, which is why most pregnant women take a glucose-screening test between:
Women who get a positive result on their glucose-screening test:
Your doctor might consider you at high risk for gestational diabetes if:
Prior to taking the glucose-screening test, women need to:
The gestational diabetes test measures:
The glucose-tolerance test, which women take if they "fail" the glucose-screening test:
Doctors recommend further testing if a woman’s glucose-screening test results in a blood glucose level higher than:
The treatment for gestational diabetes is: