The relationship between vaginal infections and gestational diabetes

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVESGestational diabetes is defined as glucose intolerance with variable severity which starts or is first diagnosed during pregnancy. Globally on the rise, this health condition is one of the most common complications of pregnancy. Gestational diabetes increases the probability of some complications in the mother and the fetus during and after pregnancy, including preeclampsia, polyhydramnios, fetal macrosomia, difficult delivery, metabolic complications in the infant (hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, hypoglycemia, and hypotonia), and perinatal mortality.This study aimed to examine the relationship between vaginal infections and gestational diabetes.MATERIALS AND METHODSThis study enrolled ۳۰۰ pregnant women with gestational diabetes as the patient group and ۳۰۰ pregnant women without gestational diabetes as the control group. The research tool in this study was a questionnaire and performing a warm and wet slide staining test on the vaginal swab sample .RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONThe mean age was ۳۱.۹۷ ± ۶.۰۲ in the women with gestational diabetes and ۳۰.۹۸± ۶.۸۰ in the women without gestational diabetes. Smoking was zero in both groups. The frequency of vaginal infection was ۳۴(۱۱.۳%) in the patient group and ۲۶(۸.۷%) in the control group.CONCLUSIONDespite its high prevalence, vaginal infections showed no significant association with gestational diabetes. Still, the high prevalence of infection in the two groups demands more attention from the healthcare system and obstetrician-gynecologists to check the infection before and after pregnancy.

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Gestational diabetes ، Vaginal infection ، Pregnancy ، Iran