Blood Sugar Levels Chart Now Online

May 15, 2013 - PRLog -- Type 2 diabetes is insidious, meaning it can come up on you without you realizing it. If you have any of the symptoms below, be sure to have your blood sugar level checked if:

-You urinate too frequently
-You are thirsty all the time
-You lose weight for no reason
-You suffer from chronic tiredness or have blurry vision

Any of these symptoms could mean diabetes or pre diabetes, and you should ask your doctor to check your blood sugar levels. Here are some of the tests that your doctor may run:

-Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c)-glycated hemoglobin, a good measure of your blood sugar levels over time.

-Fasting Blood Glucose or FPG- a blood sugar test taken at least eight hours after a meal, sometimes called a fasting glucose level.

-Oral Glucose Tolerance – you drink a bottle of measured glucose and then your blood is taken in hourly intervals to check the blood sugar levels over time.

All of the tests above will have to be ordered by your doctor; you can’t do these with any home testing. The first test that is normally run is the fasting glucose, and then the other tests like the HbA1c and tolerance tests are run if the first test is abnormal.

You can have an elevated fasting sugar followed by a normal result for the other tests when you are pre-diabetic. This is because your sugar levels are not high enough to show elevated results for all three tests.

The Sugar Levels Chart

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Some other points you should know:

-If you are over age 45, you should consider being tested for pre-diabetes.
-If you are obese and under 45, you should also best tested, particularly if you have any of the clinical symptoms mentioned above.
-If you take no action, pre-diabetes can develop into full Type 2 diabetes in 10 years.
-Pre-diabetes patients can avoid full Type 2 diabetes easily with subtle changes in diet and exercise.