Will high blood sugar in pregnant women affect the fetus?

Introduction: Many pregnant women will take nutrition supplements after pregnancy, but this method is not correct and may cause blood sugar to be too high during pregnancy. So, will high blood sugar in pregnant women affect the fetus? Next, I will tell you about it.

1. Cause hypoglycemia in infants. In order to regulate high blood sugar in pregnant women's bodies, a lot of insulin, which lowers blood sugar, is produced in their own bodies. After birth, the blood sugar level from the mother is cut off, and the hyperinsulinemia in the baby's body is prone to hypoglycemia.

Hypoglycemia can damage a newborn's brain and make the baby stupid. Babies born under such conditions are more than 5 times more likely to develop respiratory distress, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy than babies born under normal circumstances. 2. Increase the incidence of fetal malformations.

Within 3 months of the first trimester of pregnancy, the fetal organs are developing. High blood sugar in the mother may lead to early fetal intrauterine growth retardation and malformations of organ development. 4. If the fetus is dysplasia, the blood sugar control of pregnant women is unstable, the maternal metabolism is disordered, the protein metabolism in the body is often in negative nitrogen balance, and the fetus does not get sufficient nutrition in the womb.

High blood sugar during pregnancy is not the same as diabetes, and expectant mothers have high blood sugar levels during pregnancy but do not develop diabetes. Pay attention to controlling your diet, adjusting the composition of your diet, and exercising properly, and you will not develop diabetes. High blood sugar levels during pregnancy are actually very different from real diabetes.

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder caused by hypopancreatic islet function and carbohydrate metabolism. High blood sugar during pregnancy usually has no symptoms before pregnancy, and glucose metabolism is normal. Diabetes symptoms and vital signs gradually appear during pregnancy, and some expectant mothers also have diabetic complications such as gestational hypertension syndrome and macrosomia, but these symptoms gradually disappear after childbirth, and then reappear during pregnancy and recover after childbirth.

Therefore, it is best for pregnant women to avoid sweets as much as possible. Avoid fructose, glucose, rock sugar, honey, chocolate, and maltose. You can drink about two glasses of milk a day to fully replenish calcium.

High blood sugar in pregnant women will affect the fetus, so pregnant women must control their blood sugar, and also strictly control their diet and sugar intake.

Yes, this will indeed affect the growth of the fetus, will bring great harm to the fetus, and can easily cause the fetus to get sick.

I think it will. Because the pregnant woman's body is not healthy, it is related to whether the fetus can develop normally.

1. High blood sugar in pregnant women, the incidence of fetal macrosomia is as high as 25% to 42%. The cause is high blood sugar in pregnant women, and the fetus is in a hyperinsulinemic environment caused by maternal hyperglycemia for a long time. Promotes protein and fat synthesis and inhibits lipolysis, resulting in excessive trunk development.

2. Fetal malformations are also common in patients with gestational diabetes, and the severe malformations of the fetus are 7-9 times that of normal pregnancies. Because both hyperglycemia and ketones can affect the morphological development of the embryo, the increase in glycosylated hemoglobin caused by diabetes in the first trimester of pregnancy is closely related to the malformation of the fetus.

3. Fetal growth restriction (FGR) occurred in 21%. Hyperglycemia in early pregnancy has the effect of inhibiting embryonic development, resulting in delayed embryonic development in early pregnancy. In addition, pregnant women with high blood sugar are prone to miscarriage and preterm birth. The incidence of preterm birth is 10% to 25%.

4. Blood glucose control during pregnancy is closely related to perinatal death, because maternal hyperglycemia itself can reduce the placenta blood oxygen supply to the fetus, resulting in intrauterine hypoxia of the fetus, and fetal death can occur in severe cases.

There are many causes of high blood sugar, and it is important to know that high blood sugar not only affects the health of the mother, but also poses a serious harm to the growth and development of the next generation. What are the specific hazards? When I saw it, I was also shocked, high blood sugar had to be prevented!

In addition to causing infection, miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, and polyhydramnios in pregnant women, diabetes can also cause a huge fetus due to high maternal blood sugar levels and excessive weight gain, which will lead to difficulties in childbirth and increase the probability of dystocia, surgical delivery, neonatal birth trauma, and postpartum hemorrhage. There are also other hazards:

1. Intrauterine malnutrition.

When the blood sugar is not well controlled, it may cause maternal metabolic disorders, protein metabolism in the body is often negative nitrogen balance, the fetus does not get enough nutrition in the womb, the internal organs are poorly developed, and the insulin secreted by the dysplastic pancreas only adapts to the intrauterine environment of low caloric energy, and the fetus often dies due to low weight at birth; Even if the fetus survives, it is highly susceptible to type 2 diabetes in adulthood.

2. Congenital malformations.

In the first 3 months of the mother's pregnancy, it is the development period of fetal organs, and maternal blood containing high nutrients can lead to early fetal intrauterine growth retardation and organ development malformations; In the second few months of pregnancy, it is the period of fetal brain cell formation and development, and maternal hyperinsulinemia and high nutrients (hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, etc.) will cause the fetus's central nervous system development to be delayed, which may lead to changes in the fetus's intelligence, behavior and mental type; The 3 months after pregnancy is the proliferation and development period of fetal fat cells, muscle cells, pancreatic cells and neuroendocrine system.

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It may result in macrosomia or premature fetal birth. Hyperglycemia during pregnancy can cause the fetus to grow and develop too violently, resulting in macrosomia, while hyperglycemia in the later stages can lead to polyhydramnios, which may lead to premature birth.

The first is not conducive to the development of the fetus, the second can lead to premature birth, the third can lead to macrosomia, the fourth can lead to miscarriage, and the fifth can lead to fetal malformations.

The fetus becomes too large, the fetus becomes malformed, it is prone to premature birth, it is difficult to give birth, it may be miscarriage, and the fetus is restricted

Analysis: High blood sugar in pregnant women has an effect on the fetus.

Opinions and suggestions: high blood sugar in pregnant women has an impact on the fetus, and pregnancy complicated with diabetes is a high-risk pregnancy, which is more harmful to both mother and child, and to the mother.

It is easy to be complicated by pregnancy-induced hypertension, eclampsia, placental abruption, cerebrovascular accident, genitourinary infection, premature rupture of membranes, premature birth, dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, etc.

The incidence of these diseases is increased. to the fetus.

The incidence of macrosomia is as high as 25% to 42%.

The incidence of malformations is 6% to 8%.

Stillbirth and neonatal mortality are also high. Attention needs to be paid to it. It is recommended to go to a regular maternity hospital for a detailed examination.

Aggressive**. The first thing to do is to control your diet.

Eat less sugary diet, staple foods should also be properly controlled, salt should also be eaten appropriately, and vitamins, calcium and iron supplements should be supplemented. on medication.

No oral medication.

Insulin is usually used to lower glucose. It is also necessary to strengthen the monitoring of the fetus. At 35 weeks of pregnancy, you should be hospitalized for close monitoring to avoid accidents.

Wang Yuexia - Langfang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Obstetrician and gynecologist.