It is the first time that a scientific study links the snoring of the pregnant woman with an increased risk of suffering gestational diabetes. It is a curious association, but it has its logic.
According to research conducted by scientists at Northwestern University with a group of pregnant women, pregnant women who snore frequently (three or more nights a week) had a 14.3% chance of developing gestational diabetes, while women who did not have only a 3.3% chance.
Snoring can be a sign of poor air flow and oxygenation during sleep that triggers a series of consequences. It can activate the nervous system, cause blood pressure to rise and cause inflammatory and metabolic problems that increase sugar intolerance.
On the other hand, remember that one of the factors that predispose to suffering from gestational diabetes, that is the inability to regulate the glucose level of the organism that appears in pregnancy and disappears after childbirth, is overweight and obesity. And as you know, being overweight is also strongly related to snoring.
Gestational diabetes is suffered by approximately 7% of pregnant women and is detected through a simple test that is performed after the 20th week of gestation called the O'Sullivan Test.
There are several factors that predispose her as the mother's age and a high body mass index. Now frequent snoring can be a new alarm signal to detect the disease.
