There is also the glucose tolerance test. The idea is that the patient would eat/drink carbohydrates. The blood sugar level would be tested prior to eating, an hour after eating and 2 hours after eating. A diabetic would have trouble maintaining a "normal" blood sugar level i.e. 80 - 120 mg/dl.
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What other tests are there to diagnose diabetes besides fasting glucose and A1C?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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In other cultures and other times, diabetes was quite literally diagnosed by tasting the urine, as excess blood sugars spill over into the urine. This is still true of Tibetan medicine. In TCM, or Traditional Chinese Medicine, diabetes can actually be diagnosed by a combination of taking the patient's pulses and medical history/symptoms. I have met iridologists who can and do diagnose from the patient's eyes. Diabetes in Western medicine can also be diagnosed with a Glucose Tolerance Test.
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You can test urine for blood sugar. When your blood sugar level exceeds 180 mg/dL, Kidney eliminates excess blood sugar along with urine.
The glucose urine test measures the amount of sugar (glucose) in a urine sample. The presence of glucose in the urine is called glycosuria or glucosuria.
Glucose tolerance test:
Normal blood values for a 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test used to check for type 2 diabetes:
* Fasting: 60 -100 mg/dL
* 1 hour: less than 200 mg/dL
* 2 hours: less than 140 mg/dL. Between 140 - 200 mg/dL is considered impaired glucose tolerance (sometimes called "prediabetes"). This group is at increased risk for developing diabetes. Greater than 200 mg/dL is a sign of diabetes mellitus.
Normal blood values for a 50-gram oral glucose tolerance test used to screen for gestational diabetes:
* 1 hour: equal to or less than 140 mg/dL
Normal blood values for a 100-gram oral glucose tolerance test used to screen for gestational diabetes:
* Fasting: less than 95 mg/dL
* 1 hour: less than 180 mg/dL
* 2 hour: less than 155 mg/dL
* 3 hour: less than 140 mg/dL
Note: mg/dL = milligrams per deciliter
Blood glucose monitoring refers to the ongoing measurement of blood sugar (glucose). Monitoring can be done at any time using a portable device called a glucometer.Posted 1 year ago # -
Get a glutrometer and strips and you can test your blood on a regular basis. You can call most any company and they will give you a free meter because they want you to buy the expensive strips. Call Bayer for that. You can also purchase a cheap meter. . .that works just fine. . .at Walmart and much cheaper strips. You need to test on a regular basis. Check am to see if your sugar raises during the night. Check before a meal and then two hours after. Your sugar should return to normal in those two hours. If not, you are diabetic or simply eat way too much of the wrong thing or both. Normal is 80 to 120. Some have changed it to 70 to 110. If you suspect you have diabetes or have been diagnosed, you need to learn all you can and you need to test yourself on a regular basis to be sure you keep yourself in those normal zones.
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