Sunday, October 27, 2013

Type 2 Diabetes - Is There a Connection Between Depression and Gestational Diabetes?

Being diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy presents risks for both mothers and their babies. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, United States, compared women with and without depression to discover whether depression could be associated with Gestational diabetes.
Their study, published in the journal Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiolgoy in August 2013, included 128,295 pregnancies that took place between 2002 and 2008:
  • Gestational diabetes was diagnosed in 5,606 pregnancies
  • women with depression were 42 percent more likely to develop Gestational diabetes than women without depression.
Even after body weight and weight gain were taken into account, having depression was still associated with a risk of developing diabetes.
From this information it was concluded depression is something that, when treated, could possibly lower women's risk of developing diabetes of pregnancy, and could be one key toward understanding what causes the condition.
Early in 2013, the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry reported work from Denmark linking depression and inflammation. Since diabetes is a disease of inflammation, inflammation could explain the link. C-reactive protein (CRP) was measured in 73,131 adults 20 to 100 years of age. Participants with high levels of CRP reported higher levels of stress and depression and used more antidepressants than people with lower levels of CRP.
According to the NIH, clinical depression affects 6.7 percent of US adults, interfering with their daily lives and lowering their quality of life. The NIH's list of signs and symptoms includes...
  • chronic feelings of sadness, anxiety, or emptiness
  • hopelessness
  • guilt or feelings of worthlessness or helplessness
  • irritability or restlessness
  • loss of interest in things that previously gave enjoyment
  • loss of libido
  • constant tiredness
  • difficulty with concentration, decision-making, or memory
  • insomnia
  • poor or overly great appetite
  • thinking of death or considering suicide
  • unexplained pain or discomfort that does not yield to treatment.
Although it can be difficult to feel inspired to action at times of depression, physical activity can be helpful...
  • foods such as fruits and vegetables, olive oil, flax seeds, hemp seeds, beans and legumes, garlic, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, and plain dark chocolate (eat sparingly) can also help.
  • talk therapy and drugs that do not cause carbohydrate cravings are helpful for treating depression in individuals with diabetes, prediabetes, or weight problems.
  • selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as citalopram (Celexa), sertraline (Zoloft), and fluoxetine (Prozac), or serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), such as velafaxine (Effexor) and duloxetine (Cymbalta) are among drugs that can be prescribed.
Treating depression before conception could be one way of preventing Gestational diabetes and help with giving birth to a healthy infant.
Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. By making easy changes to your daily routine, its possible to protect your heart, kidneys, eyes and limbs from the damage often caused by diabetes, and eliminate some of the complications you may already experience.
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The answer isn't in the endless volumes of available information but in yourself.


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