Glucose Tolerance Test
Glucose Tolerance Test
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- Amniocentesis
- Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
- Contraction Stress test (CST)
- Hemoglobin Test
- MSAFPT Test
- Non-Stress (NST) Test
- Rh Factor
- Triple Screen Test
- Ultrasound
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This “Glucose Tolerance Test” is performed routinely to determine whether you have gestational diabetes.
Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that can develop in a pregnant woman who didn’t have diabetes before pregnancy. It is caused by changes in a pregnant woman’s metabolism and hormone production.
The risk of gestational diabetes is higher in women over 30, who have a family history of diabetes, or who are obese.
A glucose tolerance test is usually done between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy. You will be asked to drink a glucose solution and after an hour, blood is drawn and the glucose level is checked. About 15 percent of pregnant women who are given a glucose tolerance test will have abnormal levels and a second test is done.
More Prenatal Tests
—[LINK_START:../../amniocentesis.php]Amniocentesis [LINK_END] —[LINK_START:../../chorionicvillussampling.php]Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) [LINK_END] —[LINK_START:../../contractionstresstest.php]Contraction Stress test (CST) [LINK_END] —[LINK_START:../../hemoglobintest.php]Hemoglobin Test[LINK_END] —[LINK_START:../../msafptest.php]MSAFPT Test[LINK_END] —[LINK_START:../../nonstresstest.php]Non-Stress (NST) Test[LINK_END] —[LINK_START:../../rhfactor.php]Rh Factor[LINK_END] —[LINK_START:../../triplescreentest.php]Triple Screen Test[LINK_END] —[LINK_START:../../ultrasound.php]Ultrasound[LINK_END]
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