Gestational Diabetes Insipidus

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Gestational Diabetes Insipidus

Gestational diabetes insipidus can occur when the pituitary gland is slightly damage or if the placenta damages the hormone vasopressin to rapidly causing a vasopressin deficiency in the kidneys. This is a treatable condition and in many cases is not a lifelong disease, but one that will disappear about 4 to 6 weeks after delivery.

This type of diabetes can be treated with medication and while it will not continue long after the birth of the child, the signs, symptoms and gestational diabetes insipidus will return each time the woman become pregnant.

There is also no danger to the unborn child of having juvenile diabetes, the largest concern is dehydration prior to the diagnosis of this type of diabetes. In rare cases this condition lasts longer than 4 to 6 weeks after the birth of the baby, but is not a permanent condition.