Diabetes Test?

Question

I think I may have diabetes & I am going to go to Lloyds Pharmacy to get a free test. Does anyone know how long it takes to get the results??

If I am positive does anyone know what the cost is for the prescription?? Just a general ballpark figure will be fine. Thanks!

Answer 1

straight away they give you a result , Ive been a few times before.
Good luck hun

Answer 2

You will get your result straight away. I hope you don't have diabetes, but if your test does indicate that you might you will have to go to see a dr for more extensive blood tests. Lloyds test for high blood sugar, which can sometimes have other causes. If you do have diabetes all your prescriptions will be free on the NHS, but it is a complex condition to control - I don't want to be mean but a simple prescription won't be the end of it - sorry. Cross that bridge if you come to it.

If you are having extreme symptoms (eg. going to the toilet several times during the night, so thirsty you really can't stop drinking at all), don't waste time waiting for your pharmacy appointment - go urgently to your GP or hospital.

BTW nearly all of the above answers relate only to type 2 diabetes - this is the most common kind, but young healthy people can develop diabetes (type 1) which has different causes and treatment. Fasting glucose tolerance etc. only applies to type 2 diabetes, and in response to the first answer (as I've understood it - it's a bit unclear) - though type 2 diabetes can sometimes get "better" so that people no longer need medication for a while, once you have diabetes it doesn't go away (unless you got it during pregnancy).

Good luck xx

Answer 3

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Answer 4

A diabetes test from time of finger prick to meter read out should take no longer than one minute.
If the result is unfavorable, you should see your doctor. One bad result does not make you a diabetic.
Meters can get expensive.
The cost depends on what drug you get placed on. Some of them are cheap and some are expensive. The same is true with Insulin. The new ones are rather expensive, but the old insulin is cheap.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Think the results are available straight away but would depend on the test used. My mate is diabetic & I think you get free prescriptions for conditions like that

Answer 7

A test done at a pharmacy will give you only sketchy information. You need a glucose tolerance test and Hga1c

Answer 8

confident, its needed for you and your toddler to get this try. i'm 28 weeks pregnant now and that i in simple terms had the try the different day. Its truly no longer undesirable in any respect. The drink tasted like one greater candy orange soda that had long gone flat, and the needle prick substitute right into a pair of a million/2 a 2d long, lots swifter than greater than a number of the blood exams i are growing to be in the previous. If something, i could could desire to declare the worst area of the try is sitting in the waiting room for an hour bored out of my concepts. deliver a sturdy magazine to maintain your self occupied.

Answer 9

Causes of Diabetes.
(1) Hereditory factors.(parents, brothers & sisters having diabetes.
(2) Overweight & belly stomach.
(3) Over 45 years of age.
(4)Ethnic community more suceptible for diabetes.
(5) Women who had gestational diabetes and those who had delivered a baby having a weight more than 4 Kg.
(6) High Blood Pressure.(above 140/90 mm Hg)
(7) Persons having high triglycerides level.
(8) Persons having high cholesterol in the blood.
Diabetes Mellitus
Essentials of diagnosis.
(1) Usually gradual in adults but acute in children.
(2) Polyuria (excretion of excessive amount of urine) , intense thirst.
(3) Nocturia (void of urine at night).
(4) Polyphagia (excessive ingestion of food).
(5) Weight loss, weakness, lassitude.
(6) Pruritus valvae (itching of the external genitalia) in females, balanitis (inflammation of the glans penis) in males.
(7) Leg cramps, crops of boils, loss of libido (sexual urge) and impotence (partial or complete inability of the male to perform the sexual act or to achieve orgasm) in middle age.
(8) Blurring of vision may develop.
(9) High fasting blood sugar content >120 mg%
(10) Urine may be positive for sugar.
Please see the web pages for more details on Diabetes.

Answer 10

Well you prick your funger and it takes 3 seconds. Go to the Dr and get the glucose fast blood test done. That will tell you if you really have it. I failed and after 6 months post delivery I think it is gone now.