Large for Gestational Age

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    • Causes of LGA: Incorrect estimated gestational age, diabetes, weight gain during pregnancy, size of parents, race and sex - related to demographics
  • Signs and Symptoms of LGA: Large Fundal Height, Excessive Amniotic FLuid, Mother's Weight Gain, Weight more than 9 in 10 babies of the same gestational age
  • Treatment for LGA: Early delivery of an infant through a scheduled cesarean delivery, Blood glucose testing is also performed to check for hypoglycemia (at least the first 12 hrs after birth).
  •  Labor induction refers to stimulating the uterus to contract before labor begins on its own for a vaginal birth.
  • Islet of Langerhans are clusters of pancreatic cells discovered by Dr. Paul Langerhans
  • Grave's Disease an immune system disorder that results in the overproduction of thyroid hormones 
  • Hashimoto's disease, immune-system cells lead to the death of the thyroid's hormone-producing cells. The disease usually results in a decline in hormone production (hypothyroidism)