Pregnant Women Need to be Tested for Diabetes

Tue, 05 Apr 2011
All pregnant women ought to be tested for vitamin D deficiency.

Those who are discovered to be deficient ought to be treated, so medical experts have warned.

Otherwise pregnant women who have low levels of vitamin D are more susceptible to developing gestational diabetes .

In addition, their offspring are more likely to experience weakness of the bones according to recent Australian research.

An editorial written by Professor Peter Ebeling of the University of Melbourne and Western Health identifies pregnant women as a high risk group for getting vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy and other related diseases such as gestational diabetes, putting both mother and baby at risk.

Vitamin D deficiency places pregnant women at risk of hypertension, preeclampsia and increased rates of caesarean section and premature delivery.

Around of ten per cent of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes.

Current evidence intimates that screening pregnant women early in their pregnancy is vital.

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