Diabetes is a term for glucose intolerance where the body cannot adequately manage the blood glucose levels. This is usually caused by insulin resistance (intolerance), reduced levels of insulin or the absence of insulin. Insulin is the hormone secreted by the pancreas that helps regulate blood glucose levels. When insulin is secreted, the body cells increase the uptake of glucose from the blood and excess glucose is converted into glycogen and stored in the liver and muscle cells. Any glucose above and beyond may be converted into fat and stored in fat cells.
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Blood Sugar Diabetes & Impaired Glucose Tolerance Levels
Diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes), also known commonly as sugar diabetes, is the inability of the body to maintain the blood sugar levels within a normal range. Prior to the onset of sugar diabetes, a state known as impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or pre-diabetes, exists whereby the fluctuating blood glucose levels may not reach extreme levels as in diabetes mellitus. In pre-diabetes, the body’s mechanisms for maintaining normal blood glucose levels is still functioning, although impaired.
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Blood Glucose Levels Differ in Pregnancy with Diabetes Type
Levels of the ‘Glycemic Control‘ in the blood differ significantly among the pregnant women with ‘Type1 diabetes‘ and the pregnant women who are suffering from ‘Type 2 diabetes‘.
Researchers revealed these results on the completion of the fist study that involved a continuous monitoring throughout the pregnancy to examine changes in glucose levels.
Apparently, there was no observable difference between the two groups of diabetes types. Critical stage of diabetes however brings up these differences. The women suffering from diabetes had normal glucose levels for an average of only half of the time in a day of 12 hours during the critical stage of early pregnancy. This is an alarming situation according to the researchers.
Dr. Helen R. Murphy at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust in the UK and colleagues collected and analyzed data from continuous glucose monitoring for 7 days during each trimester of pregnancy in 40 women with ‘Type 1 diabetes’ and 17 women with ‘Type 2 diabetes’ during the study period.
The researchers discovered that as the pregnancies advanced, more time was spent with blood glucose in a normal range of 70 mg/dL to140 mg/dL. Women with ‘Type 2 diabetes’ spent nearly one third more time within a normal glucose range in comparison to the women with ‘Type 1 diabetes’.
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