Jeannemrm

After eating a meal, what is the highest blood sugar should go in a normal person, before it indicates IR/reduced glucose tolerance?

I did an ogtt a few weeks ago and it wasn't conclusive...or shall we say my second hour went up to 135, but since it wasn't above 140, the doctor says she couldn't see evidence of IR....however, the curve was off and much closer resembled reactive hypoglycemia. I've since done home testing (late hubby was type I, so had the tester) and after some meals/foods, I'm hitting between 150-186......I've read mixed info saying it should stay under 140 but that recent revisions say under 120. If my BS is going higher, does that indicate IR or pre-diabetes?

Jeanne

Saille

Is your doc a GP or an endocronologist?
Here's some good info:
http://diabetes.webmd.com/blood-glucose?page=3

Blood glucose Fasting blood glucose:
70–99 milligrams per deciliter or less than 5.5 mmol/L

2 hours after eating (postprandial):
70–145 mg/dL (less than 7.9 mmol/L)

Random (casual):
70–125 mg/dL (less than 7.0 mmol/L)


High values
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria for diagnosing diabetes are met when any of the following results have been repeated on at least two different days:

A fasting blood glucose level is 126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L) or higher.

A 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test result is 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) or higher. For more information, see the medical test Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.

Symptoms of diabetes are present and a random blood glucose test is 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) or higher. Symptoms of diabetes include increased thirst and frequent urination (especially at night), unexplained increase in appetite, unexplained weight loss, fatigue, erection problems, blurred vision, and tingling or numbness in the hands or feet.

If your fasting blood glucose level is between 100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L) and 126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L), you are considered to have prediabetes (impaired fasting glucose), and you have an increased chance of getting diabetes.


Other conditions that can cause high blood glucose levels include severe stress, heart attack, stroke, Cushing's syndrome, medications such as corticosteroids, cancers, or excess production of growth hormone (acromegaly).

Low values

A fasting glucose level below 40 mg/dL (2.2 mmol/L) in women or below 50 mg/dL (2.8 mmol/L) in men that is accompanied by symptoms of hypoglycemia may mean you have an insulinoma, a tumor that produces abnormally high amounts of insulin.

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