Diagnosing Diabetes
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Diagnosing Diabetes
If you are over 45 you should consider being tested for diabetes. If you are overweight and 45+ you are more strongly advised to do so. It is a simple procedure consisting of a small pinprick blood sample.

A glucose test following an overnight ‘fast’ (and usually 2 hours after drinking a sugar solution) can measure accurately. A level of 110 or under is normal. Levels between 110-126 mg/dL would not be full diabetes, but would indicate impaired glucose tolerance (or a borderline reading)... a resistance to glucose.

A glucose level of 126 or more would indicate diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes can be diagnosed by testing body fluids and tissues for auto-antibodies to cells, to insulin, to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) and to tyrosine phosphatases (IA-2 and IA-2B).

Your healthcare practitioner should go through all the usual medical and genetic checks to give an indication of any high risk factors, your daily routines and any symptoms you may be experiencing.

A urine test will likely be requested initially to check for sugar content, and A blood test, for increased accuracy or confirmation.

You can also do ‘home tests’ (although they may be less accurate than a doctor’s test) by purchasing chemically treated glucose testing strips or electronic measuring devices.

NB: Any diabetic treatment should be started at the soonest possible opportunity, hence the importance of early and accurate diagnosis…Studies have proven that people who have begun therapy early (within 2˝ years of diabetes development in the case of Type 1) have reduced their risk of complications, e.g. retinopathy, by up to 89% (as compared to only 70% in people who had a later diagnosis and therefore began treatment later).

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