Causes
Causes ( 6 Questions)
A client with gestational diabetes asks the nurse about the role of insulin in managing the condition.
The nurse responds by explaining that insulin helps:.
Insulin resistance is a condition in which the cells do not respond well to insulin and cannot use glucose effectively.
This causes high blood sugar levels, which can harm the mother and the baby.
Insulin therapy can help lower blood sugar levels by increasing the uptake of glucose by the cells.
Insulin does not decrease the production of hormones by the placenta. The placenta produces hormones that can make insulin less effective, but insulin does not affect the placenta’s hormone production.
Insulin does not increase blood sugar levels for optimal fetal growth.
Insulin lowers blood sugar levels by delivering glucose to the cells. High blood sugar levels can cause problems for the baby, such as being very large, having low blood sugar after birth, or developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
Insulin does not prevent the development of type 1 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Gestational diabetes is not caused by a lack of insulin, but by other hormones produced during pregnancy that can make insulin less effective. Gestational diabetes usually goes away after delivery, but it can increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
The correct answer is choice A. Insulin helps reduce insulin resistance in the cells.
Insulin resistance is a condition in which the cells do not respond well to insulin and cannot use glucose effectively.
This causes high blood sugar levels, which can harm the mother and the baby.
Insulin therapy can help lower blood sugar levels by increasing the uptake of glucose by the cells.
Choice B is wrong because insulin does not decrease the production of hormones by the placenta. The placenta produces hormones that can make insulin less effective, but insulin does not affect the placenta’s hormone production.
Choice C is wrong because insulin does not increase blood sugar levels for optimal fetal growth.
Insulin lowers blood sugar levels by delivering glucose to the cells. High blood sugar levels can cause problems for the baby, such as being very large, having low blood sugar after birth, or developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
Choice D is wrong because insulin does not prevent the development of type 1 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Gestational diabetes is not caused by a lack of insulin, but by other hormones produced during pregnancy that can make insulin less effective. Gestational diabetes usually goes away after delivery, but it can increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.