What diseases does the sugar screening for pregnant women check?

Pregnant women will have their blood drawn for sugar screening when they are between 24 and 28 weeks pregnant. The main purpose of sugar screening is to see if the pregnant woman has gestational diabetes. Most people understand that gestational diabetes can have a very adverse effect on the love and health of the fetus and the pregnant woman. It can easily endanger the future life of pregnant women and fetuses. Through survey data, it is found that about 10% of pregnant women now suffer from gestational diabetes, and the disease develops at a relatively fast rate. Once a pregnant mother develops gestational diabetes, it will undoubtedly have an adverse effect on the growth and development of the fetus, and may even easily lead to fetal maldevelopment and cause miscarriage. It is very necessary to monitor blood sugar in a timely manner and prevent gestational diabetes in a timely manner.

What is Sugar Screening

"Sugar screening" is a screening to check whether a pregnant woman has gestational diabetes. It is usually performed when the pregnant woman is 24-28 weeks pregnant. This is a project that most pregnant women have to undergo. If the results of the pregnant woman's glucose screening are abnormal, a further glucose tolerance test should be performed to confirm whether she has gestational diabetes.

Why do we need to do sugar screening?

1. Currently, approximately 10% of pregnant women suffer from gestational diabetes, and the prevalence has been increasing rapidly.

2. Although a variety of reasons can lead to abnormal sugar metabolism, the human body usually may not show obvious symptoms, and even fasting blood sugar is normal, so it is ignored by many pregnant women.

3. Gestational diabetes has serious adverse effects on both pregnant women and fetuses:

(1) For pregnant women, this disease may cause hyperglycemia, hypertension, and other symptoms.

(2) For the fetus, it increases the risk of various diseases such as fetal miscarriage, intrauterine growth retardation, malformation, macrosomia, and low birth weight. It is also easy to cause a variety of neonatal complications, such as hyperbilirubinemia, respiratory distress syndrome, etc.

(4) It also affects the future life of pregnant women and fetuses, and they are at a greater risk of developing such diseases than ordinary people.

Therefore, it is very necessary for pregnant women to undergo sugar screening tests, which is also responsible for themselves and their babies.

When should sugar screening be done?

Pregnant women with high risk factors for diabetes: For example, pregnant women with a family history of diabetes, who are overweight, who have had gestational diabetes before, etc., the sugar screening test should be performed in advance around 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Healthy pregnant women: should undergo a sugar screening test between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. At this time, the fetus grows rapidly, the placenta functions strongly, and the factors that lead to diabetes are most obvious and not easy to miss. If any problem is found, treatment should be sought as soon as possible to reduce the impact and harm to the mother and baby.

If the expectant mother passes the sugar screening test before 28 weeks and there is no abnormality in her body, the risk of gestational diabetes can basically be ruled out. However, if the expectant mother is often extremely hungry, has abnormal conditions such as rapid weight gain and excessive amniotic fluid, there may be a problem with sugar metabolism. She should go to the hospital for relevant examinations in time. The doctor will make a correct judgment based on blood pressure, edema, blood sugar and other aspects.