Have you ever heard about a woman being pregnant and having diabetes? Do you know how they treat diabetes during pregnancy to make sure that a baby is safe? Like most things in life when it comes to the medical world, they use medication to regulate diabetes during pregnancy. But, what if those anti-diabetic medications were linked to conditions in the babies after birth?
Did you know that diabetic medication taken while pregnant had been linked to ADHD?
Medication to treat diabetes during pregnancy may be linked to ADHD.
New research has indicated that anti-diabetic medication taken during pregnancy may cause the rise in ADHD in children after birth. Medication like insulin is often used to treat type II diabetes or gestational diabetes when a woman is pregnant but not everyone is fully convinced yet. To learn more about this new research, check out this article here.
Taking diabetes medication during pregnancy may increase the risk of a child later developing ADHD, according to a new study — though some experts in the field of diabetes aren’t yet convinced that there is cause for concern.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- Diabetes Medication During Pregnancy May Be Linked to ADHD.
- But, the researchers said, children whose mothers had diabetes and took medicine for it had a statistically significant risk increase of having ADHD.
- However, this still needs to be researched and no conclusions can be formed.
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