Blood sugar, the body's main fuel. In diabetics, because of insulin resistance or lack of insulin, the body cannot move blood glucose out of the bloodstream and into the cells where it is used. A disease characterized by a lack of insulin production, or the body's inability to use the insulin it produces properly. In diabetes, blood glucose levels rise to abnormal levels, which can cause a host of symptoms and complications. A particular, transient type of diabetes triggered by pregnancy.
Hormones released during pregnancy can raise the mother's blood glucose levels to diabetic levels.
The mother can lower levels with diet and exercise, or she may need to inject insulin. Gestational diabetes clears up after giving birth, women who have had it are at risk for developing type II diabetes later in life. A hormone produced by the pancreas that raises blood glucose levels. An injectable form can be prescribed for treating severe cases of hypoglycemia. Blood sugar, the form of sugar that fuels the body.