The glucose test is a screening test for diabetes and is done during the 24-28 week period of pregnancy. Generally, the hospital will prepare glucose water in advance, so that the mother in 5 minutes to drink, will be divided into three different times to determine the blood glucose value, to three times the results of the mother to determine the existence of "gestational diabetes", as long as any of these three values reached and exceeded the critical value of the diagnosis of gestational diabetes.

Additionally, "gestational diabetes" refers to the phenomenon of having high blood sugar only during pregnancy when there is no diabetes (normal blood sugar) before pregnancy and after delivery, and the incidence is about 1-4%; mothers with gestational diabetes will usually have "three more "Performance: more drinking, more food, more urine, some pregnant women will also be in the late pregnancy vomiting phenomenon, which is due to the abnormal metabolism of blood glucose caused by.

Does a senior pregnant woman have to do glucose tolerance and why?

In fact, about glucose tolerance test, not only is the senior pregnant women to do, but pregnant women want to do, is a very important test in the maternity test, although most of the pregnant mothers check the results of the normal, but it is also necessary to do, after all, to see the "results of the normal" can be more assured, to the prospective mothers and the fetus is good

Gestational period The mother is prone to diabetes:

Obese, older, family history of diabetes, repeated candida vaginitis during pregnancy, repeated unexplained spontaneous abortions, etc.

This is the first time a woman has been diagnosed with diabetes.

According to the normal maternity test, all mothers-to-be should be tested for glucose tolerance during pregnancy, especially these types of "high incidence of gestational diabetes" pregnant mothers, can not be careless, must be done.

The impact of gestational diabetes on the fetus

"Gestational diabetes" not only affects the health of the mother, but also has a lot of adverse effects on the fetus, mainly the following:

will lead to fetal malformations, increased incidence of macrosomia, intrauterine fetal developmental delays, fetal erythrocytosis increased, newborns with high bilirubinemia increased, the number of children with high blood pressure, the number of children with high blood pressure, the number of children with high blood pressure, the number of children with high blood pressure. The newborns are more likely to have respiratory distress and hypoglycemia.

So, the mother-to-be should not only do a good job of "Down syndrome" examination, and if diagnosed with gestational diabetes, should be actively dealt with, according to the doctor's advice to control the diet, pay special attention to the intake of sugary foods, if necessary, the use of insulin treatment, but all should follow the doctor's advice, not to use their own drugs, and not to be taken seriously. The first thing you need to do is to take it seriously.