“Non-Sweet” Diabetes of Pregnancy

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Abstract
Both clinicians and pregnant women know that pregnancy is typically accompanied by a change in the pattern of micturition, due to the pressure of an enlarging uterus on the adjacent bladder. This change in the pattern of voiding, which is characterized by the frequent and often urgent need to void small volumes of urine, is regarded by patients and physicians as a normal aspect of pregnancy. In contradistinction, when pregnancy is accompanied by the excretion of copious volumes of urine (polyuria), excessive thirst, and the ingestion of large volumes of fluid (polydipsia), a pathologic condition must be suspected, as Iwasaki . . .