Treatment of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy
Current treatment for
type one diabetes is an automated insulin delivery system. This system includes
a continuous glucose monitor, insulin
pump, and a computer algorithm that continually adjusts insulin responding
to the continuous glucose monitoring signal.
Pretensions of
treatment are:
Fasting blood glucose
situations at< 95 mg/ dL.(<5.3 mmol/ L)
2- Hour postprandial
situations at ≤ 120 mg/ dL.(≤6.6 mmol/ L)
No wide blood glucose
oscillations
Glycosylated haemoglobin
(HbA1c) situations at<6.5
Insulin
is the traditional medicine of choice because it cannot cross the placenta and
provides more predictable glucose control; it's used for types 1 and 2 diabetes
and for some women with gravid diabetes. Mortal insulin is used if possible
because it minimizes antibody conformation. Insulin antibodies cross the
placenta, but their effect on the fetus is unknown. In some women with long-
standing type 1 diabetes, hypoglycemia
doesn't spark the normal release of counterregulatory hormones (catecholamines,
glucagon, cortisol, and growth hormone); therefore, too important insulin can
spark hypoglycemic coma without monitory symptoms. All pregnant women with type
1 should have glucagon accoutrements and be instructed (as should family
members) in giving glucagon if severe hypoglycemia (indicated by
unconsciousness, confusion, or blood glucose situations< 40 mg/ dL (<2.2
mmol/ L)) occurs.
Oral hypoglycemic medicines are being decreasingly used to manage diabetes in pregnant women because of the ease of administration (capsules compared to injections), low cost, and single diurnal dosing. Several studies have shown that glyburide is safe during gestation and that it provides control original to that of insulin for women with gravid diabetes. For women with type 2 diabetes before gestation, data for use of oral medicines during gestation are spare; insulin is most frequently preferred. Oral hypoglycemics taken during gestation may be continued postpartum during breastfeeding, but the child should be nearly covered for signs of hypoglycemia.
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