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Advice please
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Inka
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Ok, well it would depend when you last ate, but in people without diabetes, blood sugar can go up to the 10s occasionally and often up to the 8s.
What made you buy the glucose meter? Are you having symptoms? Worried because of your weight? The blood glucose meters aren’t for diagnostic purposes. If you’re concerned you might be pre-diabetic or diabetic, your GP can do a blood test from your arm called an HbA1C test which will give you a definite answer @ley
What made you buy the glucose meter? Are you having symptoms? Worried because of your weight? The blood glucose meters aren’t for diagnostic purposes. If you’re concerned you might be pre-diabetic or diabetic, your GP can do a blood test from your arm called an HbA1C test which will give you a definite answer @ley
Inka
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Here’s some information about the test @ley
www.diabetes.org.uk
Occasionally doctors will give you the result in the old units, eg 6.5% rather than a two or three digit number, so be aware of that. Even if they do, there are charts that help you convert the number into the new units so you can get an idea of exactly where you are.
What is HbA1c?
HbA1c is your average blood glucose (sugar) levels for the last two to three months. If you have diabetes, an ideal HbA1c level is 48mmol/mol (6.5%) or below. If you're at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, your target HbA1c level should be below 42mmol/mol (6%).
Occasionally doctors will give you the result in the old units, eg 6.5% rather than a two or three digit number, so be aware of that. Even if they do, there are charts that help you convert the number into the new units so you can get an idea of exactly where you are.
Leadinglights
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One of the criteria people are mindful of when diagnosed is that they aim for their blood glucose reading 2 hours after eating to be no more than 8.5mmol/l, and more than 2 hours you would be expecting the reading to go down so that by the time of their next meal it would be in the range 4-7mmol/l.
So whether your readings indicate anything other than normal depends on when you took them.
If you are worried then yes ask your GP to do a check up blood test.
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