Hyperglycaemia Health Feed

HbA1c is a test used to know the actual control of blood sugar over a period of last 3 months, rather than diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus. Levels below 6.5 in patients on anti diabetic treatment are considered to be having satisfactory control. Your sugar level after meals in the 1st report is definitely high and suggestive of hyperglycaemia. In the 2nd report it is important to know the time interval between meals and sampling. If it is at 90 minutes of a full meal then it should be normal. Now c...more

You might be having rebound hyperglycaemia in your fasting sample, because with 25 units of actrapid your post meal level is 145 only meaning insulin is effectively controlling it. Possibly after the evening dose of insulin and a longer interval between dinner and lunch, by the early hours of morning your blood sugar might be going below normal without your knowledge while you are asleep. At this the internal mechanisms of body release anti insulin hormones and the morning blood sugar in fasti...more

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You can take tab glycomet 500 mg one tablet in the night after dinner to control your fasting. Actually your hba1c is quite normal. It is only fasting hyperglycaemia is the problem. It should get controlled with glycomet only. Further if you tighten your diet, you can gradually stop glycomet as well.

Since your fasting blood sugar remains high inspite of diet control and regular exercises you may need an adjustment in medication. Book an appointment for the same.

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Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to make insulin, or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas, that acts like a key to let glucose from the food we eat pass from the blood stream into the cells in the body to produce energy. All carbohydrate foods are broken down into glucose in the blood. Insulin helps glucose get into the cells.
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Your blood sugar at 141 after food is within normal limit. Take a full meal with lot of sweets and check your blood after one and half hour. If the level is more than 160 mg then you may think of hyperglycaemia. A sample to check HbA1c should be done. Levels above 6.5 show possibility of Diabetes provided urine too shows presence of sugar in parallel samples. Do not eat direct sugar. Avoid high carb diet like potatoes, rice etc. Eat lot of salads.