2007-06-11 23:49:25 · 6 answers · asked by pillutla k 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
It is possible that you have diabetes. Post Prandial means that you have just eaten. You could have eaten a large meal that was high in sugar and that made your glucose increase. What you need is fasting blood sugar test. If it is greater than 120 3times in a row, further work-up will be done to see if you have diabetes.
2007-06-12 01:12:02 · answer #1 · answered by petzcat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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A non-diabetic's blood glucose levels vary over a very narrow range - about 70 to 140 mg/dL (3.9 to 7.8 mmol/L) irrespective of when what and how much you eat. If there is no medical reason - such as infection - for your post-prandial glucose to be 179 mg/dL then diabetes must be considered. No - you are not a diabetic based upon a single blood glucose reading BUT this reading mandates follow-up. Since you have or have access to a glucometer I would advise you to take another post-prandial reading and a fasting glucose. If the post-prandial reading is more than 150 mg/dL and the fasting glucose is more than 100 mg/dL then you need to take these readings to a physician. Please do not eat or drink after midnight before the visit so that fasting laboratory chemistries may be obtained. In addition to glucose the physician is likely to do a glycated hemoglobin A1C. The A1C provides the average glucose 24 hours a day for the previous 90 days and is very helpful when the diagnosis of diabetes is questionable. It is very important that you follow through on this. By the time of diagnosis most diabetics have suffered a decade or more of physiologic and metabolic disorders as well as damage to the beta cells - which produce insulin - of the pancreas. Although I would hope that you do not have diabetes early diagnosis is absolutely essential so PLEASE follow through on this. Should you have diabetes do not despair as our ability to treat diabetes had advanced tremendously over the past 5 years.
2007-06-12 04:49:29 · answer #4 · answered by john e russo md facm faafp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diabetes isn't about blood sugar levels. It is about how well you body responds to that blood sugar level.
if you are worried, talk to your doctor about being tested for diabetes.
And cut out sugar based crap.
2007-06-12 00:42:58 · answer #5 · answered by Terryc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think i will advise you to see a doctor as soon as you can.
2007-06-12 03:30:15 · answer #6 · answered by livinhapi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋