Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

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This paper discusses gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The paper explains this type of diabetes as a condition with serious implications of adverse effects upon both the maternal and fetal health. The paper examines the benefits of pre-screening for GDM during pregnancy.
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Brief Historical Overview of GDM Screening
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"Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition characterized by glucose intolerance that varies in severity and is characterized by onset during pregnancy. Nutritional intervention is the best management solution for the condition of GDM which incidentally is one of the most common complications in pregnancy in terms of medical complications. However, lack of treatment places both mother and child at risk screening for GDM is the current practice in medicine. There is a stated 6.4% mortality rate for untreated GDM in pregnancies of women over the age of 25 years old compared to the rate of 1.5% in women with normal glucose tolerance. This condition is one that develops as a result of the woman's pancreases failing to produce enough insulin for her needs. "

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