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What Is The Cause Of The Distended Stomach?
My friend's daughter had a 32 week scan today she is carrying a male child and he was diagnosed with a distended stomach, can you tell me what the causes of this may be. It was suggested the Mother may have developed diabetis but they are not sure about this yet.
Mon, 21 Apr 2014
Hi,welcome to healthcare magic forum .yeah its righr that If mother has diabetes then fetus will have so many complications like,macrosomia,polycythemia,stomach distension etc.but as it is not yet confirmed so i will advise you to tell her to get it confirm
By fasting and post prandial sugar test.itis needed to rule out then cause for then problem.so be cautious.good luck.
By fasting and post prandial sugar test.itis needed to rule out then cause for then problem.so be cautious.good luck.
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