If a patient with type I or II diabetes wishes to get pregnant, it is best to control their disease at least for six months prior to fertilization, the above because the metabolic problems without medical control can have serious health consequences of both the health of both themother as the child.
The doctor assigned to the evening shift at the GinecoObstetric Hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Jalisco, Francisco Mejía Romo, said that to avoid children with birth weight problems “these famous babies we see in the news of four, five, six or more kilos, and even maternal or fetal death ”it is necessary to take precautions from the hand of an expert.
And it is that pregnancy and diabetes, he continued, are two physical states that do not get along.The first cause on itself certain effects in the metabolism of women that makes it unable to digest many of the carbohydrates included in food, so health is at high risk if there is already a previous chronic-degenerative disease.
Due to a certain genetic load of the Mexican and a lifestyle in which poor diet and sedentary life predominate, he regretted that there are more and more women with hyperglycemia or diabetes face gestation without taking the appropriate precautions, in most cases withoutEven knowing that they have metabolic conditions or any other health problem.
In this sense, the recommendation of Mejía Romo is for womenBlood sugar levels and blood pressure, detecting risk factors.
"This, in addition to reviewing the family history, will allow us to treat complications associated with diabetes before the patient is pregnant and thus be more likely that gestation will come to fruition," he said.
According to the gynecology and obstetrics expert, if the future mother attends timeSpecific medicines and derivations with specialists in Eduocrinology.
