Question: What are the best foods for a diabetic?

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Different Fasting Fingerstick Glucose Results

Question: I can check my glucose at work with a fingerstick. Yesterday it was 110, fasting. This morning it was 142, asting. Checked it again about 20 minutes later and it was 116. I am sure I`m prediabetic but what was the 142 reading?

Answer: Let’s start by reviewing current blood sugar guidelines: a normal fasting blood sugar does not go over 99. Diabetes is diagnosed when a fasting blood sugar is 126 or higher on at least 2 different days, or a random (anytime) blood sugar of 200 or higher. Prediabetes is a fasting blood sugar from 100 . . .

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Diabetes and Prednisone

Question: My mom had type 2 diabetes. She takes a tablet once a day. She also has lymphoma. My mom just got out of the hospital because her hemaglobin dropped to 6.5 and according to a CT scan her right lung has changed. The doctor put her on predninsone and her sugar has shot up. Is this norma . . .

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Hemoglobin A1c

Question: I do not have diabetes. In my current lab test as part of my annual physical. My A1c reading was 6.0 - high end limit of normal for this lab. My glucose was negative.

What can cause mild elevations of hemoglobin A1c?

I take 325 mg aspirin per day and 400 units of vitamin E. I was also in t . . .

Answer:

Hemoglobin A1c is a measure of your average blood sugar (glucose) over the past 3 months, particularly the last 2 months. It not only takes into account your glucose when you wake up first thing in the morning and haven’t eaten for 10-12 hours, but also includes your glucose right after you have . . .

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1000mg/dl sugar in urine How bad is this?

Question: Recenetly I went to give blood platlettes. My colesteral & blood pressure were just below their allowed limits. But hen they tested for sugar in urine they told me I could not give blood. I saw from an answer here that >200 mg/dl is not good. My was at 1,000 mg/dl. Blood blank just said I don . . .

Answer: It is difficult to say what a urine sugar at that level is going to translate to in terms of a blood sugar.  I would go ahead and seek medical attention.  I can’t really put a level of urgency on it on the basis of the information provided.  In that circumstance and not knowing anythi . . .

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