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Gestational Diabetes mellitus is a form of diabetes that occurs when a woman is pregnant. It often goes away after birth.

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What does the medical abbreviation GDM mean?

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus


What is gastational diabetes mellitus?

Gestational diabetes mellitus sometimes occurs during a woman's pregnancy. It often goes away after birth.


What is diabetes of pregnancy called?

gestational diabetes is what it's called


What is the condition during diabetes that makes you have very large babies?

The acquisition of diabetes mellitus during pregnancy is called gestational diabetes, and it can result in large offspring like you've described.


What are the predisposing factors in gestational diabetes mellitus?

-family history of diabetes -maternal obesity - maternal age>30 -HPL -family history of diabetes -maternal obesity - maternal age>30 -HPL


Which one is hereditary out of Diabetes insipidus and Diabetes mellitus?

Diabetes mellitus.


What are the gestational diabetes diet for?

The gestational diabetes diet if for pregnant patients that are diagnosed with gestational diabetes. If you have gestational diabetes, your obstetrician will generally direct you with a nutritionist who will educate you on the proper diet for your condition.


Scientific name for diabetes?

The scientific name for diabetes is diabetes mellitus.


Is a vector invovled in diabetes mellitus?

No there is not vector involved in Diabetes mellitus.


What diseases is related to lack of insulin production?

Diabetes Mellitus


Can you have gestational diabetes with every pregnancy?

If having diabetes in pregnancy, then the chances of having gestational diabetes in the next pregnancy is high as compared to other without gestational diabetes.But many who had gestational diabetes in one pregnancy had give up baby without gestational diabetes in their next pregnancy.


What is the prefix for mellitus?

The prefix for mellitus is "hyper-".