Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 01 Jul 2008 04:43:22p, Arri London told us...
>
>>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Tue 01 Jul 2008 09:49:20a, Goomba told us...
>>>
>>>> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>>>>> Steve Pope wrote:
>>>>>> My own guess is that general obesity, HFCS in particular, and a
> large
>>>>>> volume of prescription drugs that can cause diabetes are behind it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which prescription drugs cause diabetes?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --Lia
>>>>>
>>>> Steroids raise the blood sugar, but with *most* folks it is just
>>>> temporary as they don't take them routinely. This isn't "diabetes" per
>>>> se, but in the hospital we'll often treat them with some insulin
> anyway
>>>> as evidence is that controlled blood sugars lessen infection and help
>>>> healing progress.
>>>>
>>> Is gestational diabetes more often temporary than permanent?
>>>
>>
>> In the women I knew who had it, it was temporary. However it occurred
>> during *each* pregnancy, so after the first one the medical team was
>> forewarned.
>>
>
> Thanks, Arri.
>
> What prompted me to ask was that Mary Tyler Moore developed what was
> thought to be gestational diabetes when she was pregnant, but after
> pregnancy it became permanent Type I. I wondered how often it occurred.
>
She might have had it before the pregnancy but it was only diagnosed
when she was carrying.

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