This condition requires careful monitoring throughout the pregnancy and can put a woman at higher risk of developing diabetes later in life. The ADA says about four percent of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, and women who were overweight before becoming pregnant are at a higher risk. In Type 2 diabetes there may not be any symptoms, especially initially. This is why screening is so important, especially if you have any of the risk factors for diabetes including obesity, a family history of diabetes or hypertension. Diabetic neuropathy is the name given to the nerve damage caused by diabetes.
Nerve damage can also cause problems with internal organs.
The symptoms of neuropathy depend on which nerves and what part of the body is affected. Symptoms can get worse at night. In addition, neuropathy may be diffuse, affecting many parts of the body, or focal, affecting a single, specific nerve or part of the body. Peripheral neuropathy affects the feet and hands and autonomic neuropathy affects the internal organs. Treatment for neuropathy can include medications to treat the specific symptoms.