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Offers health resources for women on diabetes including topics such as signs and symptoms, prevention, care and control, and risk factors.
This health centre has been developed by women health professionals for women with diabetes. It is intended to help you better understand how diabetes affects you as a woman and how best to manage it.
Source: Women's Health Matters
An outline of the characteristics and symptoms of gestational diabetes.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Explains what gestational diabetes is, and outlines the effects of gestational diabetes on mother and baby.
Source: Women's Health Matters
Provides advice on controlling type 1 or type 2 diabetes for women who wish to become pregnant. Discusses specific issues in the management of diabetes during the first, second and third trimesters, after birth, and during breastfeeding.
Source: Women's Health Matters
Explores the effects of diabetes on women's reproductive health. Discusses how living with diabetes can influence a woman's sexual experiences both physically and emotionally. Provides information on the effects of diabetes on birth control and menstruation.
Source: Women's Health Matters
Discusses birth control options for women with diabetes. Provides information on using different types of birth control pills for diabetic women, and discusses the effects of oral contraceptives on blood glucose and on the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Source: Women's Health Matters
Explains fluctuations in blood glucose during the menstrual cycle experienced by many women with diabetes. Recommends strategies to deal with these fluctuations for women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Suggests ways of minimizing food cravings for women who experience premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
Source: Women's Health Matters
Examines some of the physical and emotional issues associated with diabetes that may affect a woman's enjoyment of sex. Discusses the impact of infections, high blood glucose, reduced vaginal lubrication, heart or kidney disease, fear of hypoglycemia and weight issues.
Source: Women's Health Matters
Information related to this topic.
Source: Canada Health Portal
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