Pre-diabetes diagnosedThe thing to remember about pre-diabetes is that sometimes the person suffering from it does not display any visible symptoms. Whenever symptoms are displayed it can easily be misdiagnosed and be explained away as some ordinary everyday ailment. The only sure way to prove whether or not a person is suffering from it or full-blown diabetes is for that person to be tested. Your health care professional may recommend either of two tests to make a diagnosis. These tests are namely the fasting plasma glucose test or the oral glucose tolerance test. Fasting Plasma Glucose Test The fasting plasma glucose test (FPGT) is normally done after fasting (not eating anything) for approximately eight hour before the test is conducted. Don’t worry you don’t have to wait in your health care professional’s office for eight hours. It is typically done in the morning before eating breakfast(but you are allowed to drink water). Results If you have fasting plasma glucose result of between 100 mg/dl and 125 mg/dl it will indicate an impaired fasting glucose level. This impaired fasting glucose level will typically indicate an increased risk of developing full-blown diabetes. Oral Glucose Tolerance Test The other test is the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) which involves drinking 75grams of glucose and then have your blood sugar level tested. Your blood sugar level will be tested every hour for up to three hours. Results If the two hours test result indicate a result of between 140mg/dl and 199mg/dl it indicates an impaired glucose tolerance. Conclusion If you are given any of the above results after your test it will indicate that you are suffering from pre-diabetes symptoms and that you will be diagnosed as being a pre-diabetic. When you are diagnosed as being a pre-diabetic you will be given a treatment plan to follow. ADA recommendation If the results are lower than the ones given above and you were given the all-clear the American Diabetes Association recommends that you repeat this test every year especially if you display any of the diabetes risk factors. Read the top 5 diabetes risk factors
Top 5 diabetes risk factors
article for further information. |