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I am almost 20 years old. Last night I checked my blood sugar with diabetics checker machine. I finished my dinner and then 4/5 minute later I checked it. My result was 5.6.is it normal? Or is it diabetics? please answer.
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Hello lybrate-user. Your result of 5.6 is very much in the normal range. However the diagnostic criteria to diagnose a person have diabetes is to do a Fasting Blood Sugar Level and a HbA1c Level. If one has to suspect a person having diabetes on random blood sugar the level has to be more than 250 mg/dl or more than 13.88 mmols/dl so do not worry relax and enjoy.
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I have noted your blood sugar reading after dinner. You are not diabetic. Enjoy food.
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