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Gestational Diabetes: Diagnosis
This primary glucose test will not provide you with a diagnosis, it is simply a tool to determine if you may have a problem and should then go on to the next series of tests. The first test however, is simple. You arrive at the lab or doctors office and …
How is fasting glucose test done OGTT and test interpretation
How is the Fasting Blood Test Conducted?
* The subject should not consume any food or drink after midnight to the morning of the test (8 hours approximately).
* Water is permitted.
* Ask the treating doctor, whether regular morning medication can be avoided until the sample has been taken.
Interpretation: The fasting blood …
Key goal of diabetes management
A key goal of diabetes treatment is to prevent and retard the complications because, over a period, diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves, even without the person being aware of the damage that is taking place. Other goals of diabetes treatment are:
Blood glucose meter testing tips
It is important to carefully follow the directions of the monitor you are going to use.
Testing Tips
* To increase blood flow, the hands should be washed in warm water or massaged from palm to the fingertip before pricking.
* Hands should be dried before the prick.
* It is less painful to …
Recent advances in the management of diabetes
Pancreas Transplantation
In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce insulin. The only alternative so far was to provide insulin from outside by injections. A new approach is to transplant a pancreas, obtained from a dead body or part of the pancreas obtained from a living donor. The old pancreas …
Common symptoms and acute symptoms of diabetes
Symptoms of Diabetes
The complaints of diabetic patients, with which, they approach the doctor, may vary depend on the following:
* The type of diabetes
* The unknown period of hyperglycaemia before diagnosis
* Severity of hyperglycaemia at the time of diagnosis
Patients usually approach the doctor with any one of the following presentations:
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