Awoman in the second trimester of pregnacy tells her physcian thayshe has been urinating excessively for the past week. In addition,she has been extremely thirsty. The next day the physcian does afasting blood glucose test and finds her glucose level to be 150mg/dl (normal should be below 100 mg/dl). The physcian makes adiagnosis of gestational diabetes and begins treatments. What isthe link between the diagnosis of gestational diabetes and thepatient's signs of excessive urination abd thirst?
