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What is Gestational Diabetes?, Reason and symptoms and treatment of Gestational Diabetes

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What is Gestational Diabetes?  Gestational Diabetes only happens during pregnancy. If you have it, you can still have a healthy baby, with help from your doctor and by doing simple things every day to manage your blood sugar. After your baby is born, you may not have diabetes anymore. Gestational diabetes makes you more likely to develop Type II Diabetes, but it won’t definitely happen. Reason:- When you're pregnant, your body naturally becomes more resistant to insulin so that more glucose is available to nourish your baby. For most moms-to-be, this isn't a problem: When your body needs additional insulin to process excess glucose in blood, the pancreas secretes more. But if the pancreas can't keep up with the increased demand for insulin during pregnancy, blood sugar levels rise too high because the cells aren't using the glucose. This results in gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes needs to be recognized and treated quickly because it can cause h

Critical information about METFORMIN- An Anti-Diabetic and Different Uses

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METFORMIN. Chemical Names: Metformin; 1.1-Dimethylbiguanide Molecular Formula :  C 4 H 11 N 5 Molecular Weight: 129.167 g/mol Mainly medicated for : Type 2 diabetic patients Metformin is an oral diabetes medicine, which can be prescribed together with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar level in adults with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. It could also used along with Insulin or other medications but under physician or doctors guidance Metformin used for differently other then Diabetes Mellitus Weight loss: It may prompt you to eat less by reducing your appetite and change the way your body uses and stores fat. wight loss occurs in one or two years, which may very person to person in an average 4 to 8 pound in 2 to 4 years. Poly-cystic Ovary Syndrome:  Reproductive-aged women suffer from this syndrome, which is characterized by menstrual irregularities, low fertility, obesity and high blood levels of male hormones. Scientists have discovered that many women with

SWINE FLU:- How virus works, Prevention, Homeopathic Treatments

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“ SWINE FLU ” INDIA IS WITNESSING A SURGE CASES THIS YEAR. WITH THE EPIDEMIC OF SWINE FLU SPREADING AROUND, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO UNDERSTAND THE AILMENT IN ITS PROPER PERSPECTIVE. KNOWING SWINE FLU SYMPTOMS & TAKING TIMELY ACTION CAN LEAD TO MITIGATION OF THE DISEASE TO A GREATER EXTENT. SWINE FLU IS THE POPULAR NAME FOR INFLUENZA CAUSED BY A RELATIVE NEW STRAIN OF INFLUENZA VIRUS A. THE VIRUS CLOSELY RESEMBLED INFLUENZA VIRUS THAT CAUSE ILLNESS IN PIGS. THE VIRUS SPREADS WHEN YOU TOUCH AN INFECTED SURFACE OR BREATHE COUGH AND SNEEZE DROPLETS IN THE AIR. IF YOU ARE INFECTED, YOU CAN BE CONTAGIOUS FOR UP TO 10 DAYS. HOW THE VIRUS WORKS INFLUENZA IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS AND A PANDEMIC FLU COULD AFFECT UP TO HALF THE POPULATION. CATEGORIES OF SWINE FLU Treatment of Swine Flu:                 In most cases, which are self-limiting, only rest may be helpful. But for cases, which may need aggressive treatment of swine flu, hospitalization is considered. S