Q. What is Gestational Diabetes?

When a pregnant woman develops diabetes, it is known as gestational diabetes. It occurs in only 1% of the pregnant women. Pregnant women who have a risk of diabetes because of family history or bad obstetrics history should be screened for diabetes. Pregnant mothers develop diabetes related complications and after delivery can also continue with the diabetic conditions.

Besides the types of diabetes discussed above, another form of diabetes namely maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is being identified. Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) refers to ally of several rare hereditary forms of diabetes mellitus due to dominantly inherited defects of insulin secretion. As of now, six types have been enumerated, but more are likely to be added. MODY 2 and MODY 3 are the most common forms. The severity of the different types varies considerably, but most commonly MODY acts like a very mild version of type 1 diabetes, with continued partial insulin production and normal insulin sensitivity.