Metabolic Syndrome, Fertility, and Pregnancy
Reproductive Health
Obie Editorial Team
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a combination of one or more conditions that occur together. Persons who have metabolic syndrome have an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. The conditions associated with metabolic syndrome include:
Studies have shown that it takes women with metabolic syndrome a longer time to get pregnant.
Women who have metabolic syndrome before they get pregnant tend to have increased complications before, during, and after pregnancy, as well as during the postpartum period. Obesity is an independent risk factor for
Studies have shown that men with metabolic syndrome have decreased fertility. Adopting a healthy lifestyle appears to be the single most important intervention to prevent the unwanted effects of metabolic syndrome on men's health and fertility.
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Gestational diabetes carries the same symptoms and problems as other forms of diabetes not associated with pregnancy because the body loses the ability to handle food sugars and insulin development.
Type 1 diabetes, commonly referred to as juvenile diabetes, is typically diagnosed in children or young adults, though diagnosis can occur in any stage of life. Of the nearly 26 million people in the United States with diabetes, only 5% have type 1 diabetes.