Glossary for Gestational diabetes

Acute Pancreatitis: Sudden severe inflammation of the pancreas causing digestive complaints.
Birth symptoms: Symptoms related to childbirth.
Chronic Pancreatitis: Chronic ongoing inflammation of the pancreas causing digestive complaints.
Congenital conditions: Any condition that you are born with such as birth defects or genetic diseases.
Diabetes: Failing or reduced ability of the body to handle sugars.
Diabetes-like symptoms: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
Hemochromatosis: Excess of iron leading to problems with joints, liver, heart and pancreas.
Hypocalcemia: Low levels of calcium in the blood
Impaired glucose tolerance: Mild glucose metabolism problems not severe enough to be called diabetes.
Insulin Resistance: The resistance of the body to insulin
Intrauterine Growth Retardation: Slowly growing fetus in the womb during pregnancy
Lipodystrophy, familial partial, type 3 (FPLD3): A rare metabolic disorder involving abnormal fat gradually disappears from the limbs, trunk and buttocks but stays the same or accumulates on areas such as the face, shoulders, neck and genitals.
Lupus: Autoimmune disease with numerous effects on various organs and linings.
MODY diabetes: Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young affects approximately one or two per cent of people who have diabetes, and may often go unrecognised in its early stages. It is a form of diabetes that develops before the patient reaches 25. It also runs in families, and can pass from one generation to the next. MODY does not always require insulin treatment.
No symptoms: The absence of noticable symptoms.
Obesity: An increase in the body weight greater than that required for normal function that is characterised by the accumulation of excessive fat
Oral thrush: Candida fungal infection of the mouth.
Pancreas conditions: Any condition that affects the pancreas
Pancreatitis: Inflammation of the pancreas causing digestive complaints.
Polycystic ovary syndrome: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder that affects approximately 5% of all women.
Polyhydramnios: Excess amniotic fluid around a fetus in the womb. The condition may occur as a result of gastrointestinal, neurological, lung or other disorders. Mild cases are asymptomatic but more severe cases can result in problems for the mother and the baby.
Pregnancy symptoms: Symptoms related to pregnancy.
Pregnancy-related conditions: Any condition that is related to or caused by pregnancy
Type 1 diabetes: Severe insulin-treated diabetes typically occurring in young people.
Type 2 diabetes: Most common diabetes in adults, usually progressing slowly, mostly treated without insulin at diagnosis.
Vague symptoms: Vague, unclear, mild or non-specific symptoms