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31 July 2022 0

SPEECH DEFECT LINKED TO INSULIN USE IN PREGNANCY

By DR. U.J. Agim

Can a child’s speech defect be linked to insulin use in pregnancy? A patient with gestational diabetes at the antenatal clinic asked if insulin causes speech defect in children. She feels one of her child who cannot speak at age 4years was due to the insulin she used to control her blood sugar in that pregnancy.