Diabetes - Gestational

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that occurs only during pregnancy. Like other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes affects the way your body uses sugar (glucose) — your body's main source of fuel. Gestational diabetes affects up to 18% of aboriginal women and 3.5% of non-aboriginal women in Canada. The result may be dangerously high blood sugar levels. Controlling your blood sugar level is essential to keeping your baby healthy and avoiding complications during delivery.

The condition usually disappears after childbirth, but a woman who has had gestational diabetes faces a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. The condition can also pose a danger to the unborn child and the mother. The child may be born severely obese, putting him or her at a higher risk of having a dangerously low blood glucose level. There is also a risk of severe breathing problems.

Gestational diabetes is quiet similar in presentation to type 2 diabetes and can be properly managed with blood sugar monitoring, diet, exercise and proper treatment.

Homeopathy offers excellent treatment options for both adults and children suffering from diabetes. There are various preventative and blood sugar management protocols available for patients that are at high risk to become diabetic. Homeopathy utilizes healthy life choices coupled with remedies that help work on the pancreas and and the stimulate the body's ability to naturally regulate and process blood sugar. More about homeopathy......