Can pregnant women take glucose?

For some pregnant mothers, it is very easy to suffer from certain diseases during pregnancy. Anemia or hypoglycemia may occur. Therefore, many pregnant mothers have to go to the hospital for treatment when problems arise. Many pregnant mothers will ask, if their blood sugar is low, can they inject glucose? In fact, for this issue, we need to consider the physical condition of pregnant mothers specifically.

Expectant mothers can drink glucose and it will not affect the fetus. But it depends on whether it is necessary to drink glucose. Oral glucose is mainly used for hypoglycemia and a moderate amount is enough. If consumed too much, it can easily cause diabetes or excessive obesity. Some people also say, "If you eat too much sugar, the baby will be fat"!

Glucose injection, indications: 1. Replenish energy and body fluids; used for insufficient food intake or large amounts of body fluid loss (such as vomiting, diarrhea, etc.) caused by various reasons, total intravenous nutrition, and starvation ketosis. 2. Hypoglycemia;3. Hyperkalemia;4. Hypertonic solutions are used as tissue dehydrating agents;5. Prepare peritoneal dialysis fluid; 6. Drug diluent;7. Intravenous glucose tolerance test;8. For the preparation of GIK (polarizing fluid).

Dosage

1. To supplement heat energy, when patients eat less or cannot eat for some reason, they can generally be given 25% glucose injection intravenously and replenish body fluids at the same time. The amount of glucose is calculated based on the required heat energy.

2. Glucose is the most important energy supply substance in total intravenous nutrition therapy. In non-protein heat energy, the ratio of heat provided by glucose and fat is 2:1. The specific dosage depends on clinical calorie requirements. Depending on the amount of fluid replacement required, glucose can be prepared into different concentrations of 25% to 50%. Insulin can be added if necessary, with 1 unit of regular insulin added for every 5 to 10 grams of glucose. Since normal use of hypertonic glucose solution is highly irritating to veins and requires infusion of fat emulsion, large intravenous drip is generally used.

3. For severe hypoglycemia, 20-40 ml of 50% glucose injection can be given by intravenous push.

4. For starvation ketosis, in severe cases, 5% to 25% glucose injection can be given by intravenous drip. 100g of glucose per day can basically control the condition.

5. For isotonic dehydration, give 5% glucose injection intravenously.

6. For hyperkalemia, 10% to 25% injection solution can be used, and 1 unit of regular insulin can be infused for every 2 to 4 g of glucose to reduce serum potassium concentration. However, this therapy only allows extracellular potassium ions to enter cells, and the total potassium content in the body remains unchanged. If potassium removal measures are not taken, hyperkalemia may still occur again.

7. Rapid intravenous injection of 20 to 50 ml of tissue dehydration hypertonic solution (generally 50% glucose injection) is used. But the effect is short-lived. In clinical practice, attention should be paid to preventing hyperglycemia and it is currently used less frequently. When used to regulate the osmotic pressure of peritoneal dialysis fluid, 20 ml of 50% glucose injection, i.e. 10 g of glucose, can increase the osmotic pressure of 1 L of peritoneal dialysis fluid by 55 mOsm/kg H2O.