Multiple choice

Which is the type of diabetes discovered during pregnancy?

  1. Type I diabetes mellitus

  2. Gestational diabetes

  3. Type II diabetes mellitus

  4. Diabetic ketoacidosis

  5. Diabetic neuropathy
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Gestational diabetes mellitus is a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus that applies only to women in whom glucose intolerance develops or is first discovered during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes develops in 2-5% of all pregnant women but disappears when the pregnancy is over.

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