2006-08-20 22:27:35 · 8 answers · asked by MANU 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
Your A1c value measures the average level of your blood sugar over time. Since the goal of diabetic treatment is to regulate the blood sugar, it measures the effectiveness of the routine the person has been using to control their diabetes.
2006-08-20 22:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by TA Timmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-18 18:47:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hemoglobin a1c reflects a person's blood sugar control over a 2-3 month period. It can do that because the half life of a red blood cell is 90 days (aka 3 months). As blood sugars get higher these red blood cells gets stickier. The a1c basically measures how sticky these cells are.
Less than 7% (or less than an average of 170) is considered "incontrol" if you have diabetes, though many people disagree with this, since 170 is still pretty high.
Less than 6% (124) or 5.5% (118) is considered normal depending on your doctor or lab.
A1c is useful since it shows what testing can't, since no one could test all the time.
2006-08-21 02:27:47 · answer #3 · answered by blondy2061h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hemoglobin in the red blood cell has some sugar attached to it. In a normal person, it is about 5-6% of the hemoglobin. In diabetes, when the sugars are constantly elevated, more hemoglobin has sugar on it. I have seen values as high as in the high teens (18%). HbA1c refers to hemoglobin A1c, which is just a specific type of hemoglobin being meausred (as opposed to A1b or A1a which are not as specific/sensitive) The avg lifespan for a red blood cell is about 3 months. Therefore, if a person has a high HbA1c, it indicates that the sugar in the blood has been elevated most of the time. If the A1c is lower, it indicates the sugars have been lower most of the time. It's basically a 2-3 month average of blood glucoses. Ideal for diabetes (in adult) is <7%, based on a large trial of control vs complications known as the DCCT (In kids, slightly higher is acceptable because too much hypoglycemia can affect brain development)
2006-08-24 06:56:06 · answer #4 · answered by J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An average person with have an A1c of about 5, meaning that their past average blood glucose level was about 100 over 90 days or three months. For every one unit increase in A1c, their average blood glucose level increases 35 units. So, an A1c of 8.5 means an average BG of about 222 for the past three months. The ADA wants people to shot for something less than 7 meaning BG average of less than 170. I want something less than 6.0. My last A1c was 6.2 so I have to work a bit harder to get there. It's all on me to get there!
2006-08-21 02:24:08 · answer #5 · answered by Morphious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a hemoglobin A1C shows the prior blood sugar levels in a person's body. It is basically a test to help diagnose someone with diabetes and manage it after therapy has been started.
2006-08-20 22:33:13 · answer #6 · answered by nurseTINA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a1c1 reading for a diabetic below 7 is concidered good.the reading is an average of the last 90 days.the a1c1 ties into the daily values of a diabetic.you show the doctor your daily blood sugar readings, and he,she.looks at the a1c1 test which is the average of the past 90 days.
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2016-04-30 19:29:11 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋