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When it comes to statistical data for any type of illnesses/disease it’s worth to say a couple of words about the difference between two terms: ‘prevalence’ and ‘incidence’. So, prevalence usually refers to the estimated population of people who have a certain disease at any given time. Incidence in its turn shows the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of a disease diagnosed each year.

Gestational diabetes is one of several diabetes types. It develops during pregnancy. So, it affects pregnant women only. Though, it affects not all pregnant women. Statistics says that about 4 percent of all pregnant women (or 135,000 cases) in the United States have this problem each year. It’s absolutely intolerable to say that “ONLY 4 percent”.

This rate is rather high. Moreover there is a danger that after a child birth this disease can develop into a stable form at once or within five to ten years. This depends on the individual peculiarities of the body, genetics, and some external factors. Approximately five to ten percent of women that had gestational diabetes also had diabetes following child birth.

Gestational diabetes is not a reason to refuse from getting pregnant. Of course it’s a danger, but its possibility is rather low.

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