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Normally this type of diabetes develops during pregnancy with some women. Between 2 and 7 percent of expectant mothers develop this condition making it one of the most common health problems of pregnancy.

Gestational diabetes is the result of some hormonal changes that occur in all women during pregnancy. Increased levels of certain hormones made in the placenta interfere with the ability of insulin to manage blood sugar. This condition is called insulin resistance and as the placenta grows larger during pregnancy it produces more hormones and increases this insulin resistance. Most women with gestational diabetes don’t remain diabetic once the baby is born. Once you’ve had it though you’re at higher risk for getting it again during a future pregnancy and for becoming diabetic later in life.

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Type 2 diabetes which is also known as non insulin dependent mellitus and adult onset diabetes. What sets it apart from the type 1 diabetes is that the person suffering from this has the ability to make insulin it’s just that the amount produced is not enough for the body to use it efficiently. This type is considered as the common type of diabetes which usually develops among people who are more than 40 years of age. People who are prone to this type of diabetes are usually those who are over weight or obese and those that have sedentary lifestyle.

Being a progressive disease type 2 diabetes can also lead to more severe complications like diseases including the heart the kidney and eyes through blindness and amputation or loss of limbs. People who suffer from type 2 diabetes are also characterized by slow or onset thirstiness with repeated urination and loss of weight usually develops is a span of weeks to weeks.