Confused

[Bethxo]

Hi, I'm on a Facebook group but realised they are mostly from America. They all say 150-170 HP1AC (I think) is good. But I was 72 on my last blood test which has already gone down over 20 and obviously want to get it down asap because I was advised needed to be below 40 something. Is it different in America? I also think I will leave the page its confusing me haha!

 

[Josh DUK]

Hello @Bethxo ,

thank you so much for joining the Diabetes UK community forum. I believe they use different methods. It may be helpful to share your numbers here for people to share their thoughts.

 

[ColinUK]

Most of the Facebook diabetes groups I’ve joined are heavily American. They only ever mention American figures and they talk about American products etc. I have to say that other than as a jumping off point for recipes I’ve found them of limited use whereas this forum is much better.

 

[Bethxo]

Hello @Bethxo ,

thank you so much for joining the Diabetes UK community forum. I believe they use different methods. It may be helpful to share your numbers here for people to share their thoughts.

Thank you!

I really want to test all the time because I'm a bit obsessed with it coming down but dont want to buy anything because I know it will be all I do.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

The US uses mg/dl for blood glucose measurements (fingerprick tests)

These numbers are 18x our mmol/L equivalents.

So they would probably be aiming for 70 - 150 mg/dl (4-8.5mmol/L)

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

the HbA1c is measured differently too. The old style was expressed as % (eg 6.5%) but these days international consensus is to use mmol/mol. 6.5% would be 48mmol/mol.

It‘s a bit like feet, inches, and cm, mm.

It can be confusing until you get your head around it!