Gestational diabetes: a risk during pregnancy.

GESTATIONAL diabetes; PREGNANCY complications; MATERNAL health; INSULIN; PREECLAMPSIA; RESPIRATORY distress syndrome

The article offers information on the risk of gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Topics include the possibility of the development of resistance to insulin, risk factors like family history, polycystic ovary syndrome, and racial and ethnic backgrounds, and the symptoms such as frequent urination and thirst. It also discusses preeclampsia, respiratory distress syndrome in the infant, and the importance of diligence of the pregnant woman.