Apr
I was reading up on the OGTT tests and on a website about diabetes I read that if your blood sugar ever goes over 140 you’re considered
'pre-diabetic”. They weren't talking about the test I think they were speaking about any random reading over 140 is considered pre-diabetic. Is this true? I’ve also seen people on here saying this. I am very curious. Thanks!
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I participate in this forum as time permits and I frequently state that this is a potentially perilous forum to seek advice regarding health. Tonight has been an unusually bad night judging from the quality of the answers that I’m reading to this and other questions. The first problem in this forum is that people seldom give sufficient information for a definitive answer. The popularity of - and the technique of performing - the glucose tolerance test has waxed and waned for decades - and it presently is enjoying a period of popularity. In thirty years of academic medicine I have never ordered a glucose tolerance test. A non-diabetics blood glucose is controlled over a 'narrow' range independent of what, when, and how much you eat. The range is 70 to 140 mg/dL (3.9 to 7.8 mmol/L for those not in the US). Even with the glucose load of a glucose tolerance test a non-diabetic will not exceed 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L). The terms pre-diabetic, borderline diabetic, and abnormal glucose tolerance - in my thought - are used by physicians who don’t comprehend the pathophysiology of diabetes. In type 1 diabetes 95% of the insulin producing cells of the pancreas have been destroyed. In type 2 diabetes a wide variety of organs have malfunctioned by the time of diagnosis. Thus I would interpret any random reading - that’s verified validated and reproducible - over 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L) to be diagnostic of early diabetes or simply diabetes. The same would hold true for a glucose tolerance test. If I may be of further assistance email me more specific information at johnerussomd@jhu.edu. I wish you the very ideal of health and may God Bless.
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There are a couple of different tests to check for pre-diabetes. The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) is one of them. In pre-diabetes, the 2-hour blood glucose is 140 to 199 mg/dl. This is referring ONLY to the this test.
Another test, Fasting Blood Glucse (FBT), goes by another reading. A person with pre-diabetes has a fasting blood glucose level between 100 and 125 mg/dl. Again, this number refers ONLY to this test.
The main reason you would be tested with this these tests are if you had the risk factors of a pre-diabetic, such as high weight, inactivity, advanced age (although more and more of the younger population is being diagnosed due to obesity).
However, normal blood sugar levels are between 70-120 mg/dl. Blood sugar levels consistently above those levels likely indicate pre-diabetes or diabetes, which would require further the tests discussed above and physician consultation.
I hope this was helpful.
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if your blood sugars ever read 140, you should see a doc & get an A1C test, which gives you an average of you blood sugars for the last 3 months. The doc can diagnose from there. In my thought, being called “pre-diabetic” is like saying “almost pregnant”.
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about it you can find information from the following website
http://healths4life.blogspot.com/?q=pre-…
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If your fasting blood sugar is between 100-125 you’re considered pre-diabetic.
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Physicians state if you’re fasting and your sugars above 100, but gelow 120. Thats what they told me when I was in for testing in January. I am type 1.
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No,your sugar can go that high with a heavy meal.and never have diabetes .you check your sugar in the morning..it should be under 100.
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yes