My mom was diagnosed with diabetes a few months ago. My dad (who has no diabetes in his family) has JUST been diagnosed as well.
Months ago, I checked my blood sugar, and it was 229 two hours after eating. Then I checked it the next day, and it was fine, I think 97, something like that...... I checked it for a while, and it remained fine...maybe for two or three weeks on and off. Then, a few days ago, I checked my glucose randomly, about 5 hours after eating. It was 112. (However, I was getting over a mild flu, but it was almost completely gone by then. I have heard that being sick can raise it tho). I then checked it about two hours after eating that day. It was 130...not too high, still within the norm. I checked it 3 hours after eating today. It was 103. Should I still be checked for blood sugar problems?
2007-01-10 13:44:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
If it was 229 a few hours after eating, it must have been a lot of calories consumed like meat and potatoes, and I mean alot. Any way you might have had some sugars in there some were as well. I would suggest you set up an appointment with your Dr. to have a Blood sugar were you Fast the night before, take a reading, Drink a high concentrate of sugar then take another reading and the results will tell you if you have Diabetes or not. The thing that concerns me the most is if you do have stages of Diabetes you need to get it checked now and not later. What you do now will help you down the road if full blown Diabetes Kicks in at a later Date. Your parents more then likely have On-set Diabetes and are having a problem with weight and over eating. If this is the case heredity will not be a factor in your case. I believe that Diabetes can occur any time if there is an injury to the pancreas or a disease that might have effected it. In a normal person the Flu would not alter the rise in Blood sugar as the Healthy Non Diabetic Pancreas would not be effected. It would show stages of not being able to heal or get over the Flu before you would realize that all the symptoms were there that involved Diabetes. If you have question, e-mail me at shastadiabetes@yahoo.com and I'll try to help you resolve your questions and find answers. Sorry to have missed your message I was helping with another Diabetic question and forgot to post a busy signal, try again please.
2007-01-10 14:35:48 · answer #1 · answered by George D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah, sounds like you're doing fine. You did have one high value, but if you can't repeat it, then it probably doesn't mean anything at all (anyone can have a high blood sugar in the right circumstances, diabetes is when you have high blood sugar all the time). This doesn't mean that you won't develop diabetes one day, that's impossible to predict (though with both parents having it, you probably do have increased risk) but from what you've said above, I don't see any reason to think that you have it right now.
2007-01-10 14:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by The Doc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since both of your parents are diabetic I would suggest talking to your doctor about a glucose tolerance test. You go to a lab fasting and they will draw your blood for a baseline. Then you will be given a drink, glucola, with a certain amount of surgar in it. Then your blood will be drawn a series of times of a number of hours determined by your doctor. The results will show how your body processes sugar and your doctor will proceed from there with a diagnosis or treatment plan as necessary. Good luck!!
2007-01-10 13:51:02 · answer #3 · answered by lisa h 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glucose plus glucose equals maltose. Glucose plus fructose equals sucrose. The ratio differences. think of approximately it this replaced into. Glucose is C6H12O6. once you integrate 2 glucoses, 2 hydrogens and an oxygen are lost because of the fact one water molecule is bumped off to hyperlink the two mutually. as a result, you wind up with C12H22O11 for maltose. upload a 0.33 and you wind up with C18H32O16.
2016-10-06 23:33:12 · answer #4 · answered by lininger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My doctor said the glucose level should never be over 180. If you are diabetic, maybe you have insulin resistance. This is the step before diabetes and often known as prediabetes. If I were you, I'd get a fasting glucose level and a fasting insulin level. With insulin resistance the insulin level will be slightly elevated.
2007-01-10 13:56:26 · answer #5 · answered by DNA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont eat for 12 hrs then make the test
do not exceed 12 hrs
only 12
(fasting glucose test)
2007-01-10 13:49:26 · answer #6 · answered by amm0r A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not a disease to second guess or trust others opinions that aren't medically trained. The best thing to do is get to your doctor and have them run tests for you.
2007-01-10 17:41:09 · answer #7 · answered by Cat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the first reading was a laboratory mistake
2007-01-11 03:30:23 · answer #8 · answered by mpact 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋