Diabetes Mellitus History

Question 1

gestational diabetes mellitus

Answer 1

diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance that is diagnosed during pregnancy (see glucose tolerance test). Women at increased risk of gestational diabetes include those with a personal history of the condition or a family history of diabetes and those who have had a previously unexplained stillbirth. In most cases gestational diabetes resolves at the end of the pregnancy, but such women are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes thereafter. It is treated by dietary control with or without insulin or oral hypoglycaemic drugs.

Question 2

long term use of steroids may cause ?

Answer 2

a raised blood sugar level.