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What is a glucose tolerance test?
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 09 Dec 2024
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What should I not eat the night before a glucose test?
Avoid eating high sugar foods and drinks a night before the test for sugar not to spike and one gets a normal glucose test.Last updated on 09 Dec 2024
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How high is too high gestational diabetes?
A blood glucose level 200mg/dl or more is high and should be shown to a doctor immediately so that it does not affect the growing fetus.Last updated on 09 Dec 2024
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Should medication be taken before glucose testing?
No medications should be avoided before glucose testing.Last updated on 09 Dec 2024
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Why is the postprandial glucose test done at a 2-hour mark?
It is done to diagnose diabetes such as fasting glucose. However, post prandial is done after 2 hours to check how the body stores sugar in muscles after food consumption after 2 hours.Last updated on 09 Dec 2024
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Is a blood sugar reading of 156 normal 2 hours after eating?
Yes, it is not that alarming. One falls under the category prediabetes.Last updated on 09 Dec 2024
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GLUCOSE, FASTING
FBS, FBG, Fasting Blood Sugar
- Reports: Same Day
- 10- 12 Hr fasting is required