Application Of Telemedicine For Gestational Diabetese

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Gestational diabetic is a special case of diabetes occurring for short duration during the later stages of pregnancy. Its onset it usually from 28th week of pregnancy and lasts till the child birth.
Pregnant women who did not have diabetes before the pregnancy but who have excess high blood sugar (glucose) levels during the later stage of pregnancy are said to have gestational diabetes.
In US, Gestational diabetes is supposed to affect 4% of all pregnant women. More than 125,000 cases of gestational diabetes are reported in the United States each year.
Cause
The placenta supports the baby as it grows. Hormones from the placenta help the baby develop. But these hormones also block the action of the mothers insulin in her body. This problem is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance makes it hard for the mothers body to use insulin. She may need up to three times as much insulin.
Gestational diabetes starts when your body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy. Glucose builds up in the blood to high levels. This is called hyperglycemia.
How Telemedicine can Help
Women who have gestational diabetes can take the help of telemedicine to monitor and keep their glucose level under control. The patient needs to monitory their blood glucose level on the daily basis. Traditional telemedicine approach was to take the blood glucose reading at home. The patient sends the glucose reading using email or calls doctors office.
More advanced telemedicine systems allows the blood glucose readings to be automatically uploaded to the web server using the network at the patients home. Patient can also use I Phone or other data enabled cell phones to automatically upload the glucose reading to the server. The glucose reading is read by the doctor or nurse. The doctor or nurse then advises the patient with necessary instructions.
BL Healthcares TCxI system is one such system that can help the patients with gestational diabetes. Its touch screen based system is extremely user friendly. It can connect to telephone line, Ethernet or 3G wireless system to upload the patients data. It also has in built Bluetooth system that allows the blood glucose meter to communicate with the TCxI system.
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