Maternal diabetes negatively impacts fetal health

Abstract

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease affecting an increasing number of people. Although diabetes has negative health outcomes for diagnosed individuals, a population at particular risk are pregnant women, as diabetes impacts not only a pregnant woman's health but that of her child. In this review, we cover the current knowledge and unanswered questions on diabetes affecting an expectant mother, focusing on maternal and fetal outcomes.

Keywords

• diabetes
• maternal–fetal health
• birth defects
• hyperglycaemia
• pancreas
• insulin