Diabetes in pregnancy increases risk in children later

Researchers, including one of Indian origin, themselves have an increased risk of developing the disease in children and adolescents whose mothers had diabetes during their pregnancy.

The study showed that a child or teenager whose mother had gestational diabetes – diabetes during pregnancy – was almost twice as likely to develop diabetes before the age of 22.

The association has been found in children from birth at the age of 22, from birth to 12 years and from 12 to 22 years, according to the study published in the Journal de l'etat. 39, Canadian Medical Association.
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"Although type 1 and type 2 diabetes in parents is a well established risk factor, we show that gestational diabetes mellitus may be an indicator of risk of diabetes in the mother's children before age. of 22 years, "said Kaberi Dasgupta, clinical scientist. from McGill University in Canada.
"This link of diabetes in children and adolescents with gestational diabetes in the mother can potentially entice clinicians, parents, and children and young people themselves to consider the possibility of diabetes if the offspring of the mother" A mother with gestational diabetes develops signs and symptoms such as frequent urination, abnormal thirst, weight loss or fatigue, "said Dasgupta.

According to the World Health Organization, diabetes can be treated and its consequences avoided or delayed by diet, physical activity, medication, regular screening and treatment of complications.

For the study, researchers included 73,180 mothers.