What is a glucose tolerance test?

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What is a glucose tolerance test?

What is a glucose tolerance test?

The glucose tolerance test is a lab test to check how your body stores sugar from the blood into tissues like muscle and fat.

Last updated on 15 Mar 2023

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What are the indications of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)?

Oral glucose test is ordered when fasting glucose test is high but not high enough to fall under the category diabetes.

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Why is a glucose tolerance test required during pregnancy?

The glucose intolerance test is done during pregnancy to screen for gestational diabetes that develops during pregnancy.

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Does black coffee raise your blood glucose level?

For most individuals caffeine does not affect blood glucose levels

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How to pass a blood glucose test during pregnancy?

Avoid eating high sugar foods and refined carbs for atleast a week before the test and glucose test will usually come normal

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What are the effects of high sugar levels during pregnancy?

High blood glucose levels during pregnancy can also increase the chance that your baby will be born too early, weigh too much, or have breathing problems or low blood glucose right after birth. It can also induce still births in pregnant woman. Hence, speak with a doctor if glucose is high.

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