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I have an Aunt who has blood sugar readings of 135 and one time it was 150.Does this mean she has Diabetes? |
She claims her readings are from eating sweets and insists she doesn't have the disease.We have a history of it in our family. Probably. Even after eating sweets your blood sugar should not be that high in a person without Diabetes. She may be in an early phase of this disease and should be evaluated by an endrocrinologist. Blood sugar levels can be controlled by diet, exercise and weight loss. I suspect that she may have a problem with the diet part since she has had 2 elevated levels already and also a denial problem as well. She needs to learn to control this before it controls her. Good luck Source(s): work in a hospital no Of course she needs to see a doctor to be sure, but yes it sounds like she has Type II diabetes. Both of those blood sugar readings are higher than the normal range. There are many conditions that can cause a person's blood sugar to be higher than normal. The most common is diabetes. Your aunt should go to the doctor. The doctor will probably do one of several tests to determine if she has diabetes. One is called a fasting blood sugar. Your aunt will be asked not to eat or drink anything at all on the day of the test. When she visits the doctors office, they will draw blood and test the glucose level. Abnormal results could indicate diabetes. The other test is a HgbA1C. "Hemoglobin a1c" is a blood test that will tell the doctor what her average blood sugar has been over the last few months. A family history of diabetes is a big risk factor for having it. I hope your aunt takes this seriously. Diabetes is 100% treatable with the correct regimen of medications. Untreated diabetes can cause heart disease, blindness, limb amputation and even death. Typically, any glucose readings over 140 should be monitored closely. What you should do is encourage her to do a fasting of at least 4 to 6 hours with nothing to eat and only allow the consumption of water. What this will do is allow her to check her glucose levels without any interference of food. If her fasting readings are 130 or above then should make an appointment to see a Registered Diabetes Specialist. It is important to remember that diabetes is not usually preventable BUT it is manageable, especially at early detection. I work with a diabetes registry at a local health clinic. I really encourage you have your aunt get that closely monitored. Her readings can be varied in a variety of different ways. It depends on how long she took her reading after she ate. If her readings are after a half hour after she ate, then I wouldn't worry too much. If her readings are more than an hour after eating I would visit a physician for further information. That all depends on if it was a "fasting" glucose (taken in the morning before she ate or drank anything at all) OR if it was glucose taken after she'd already eaten. If it's a fasting glucose, then yes..it is possible. Or even possible that he could have pre-diabetes (also called insulin resistance) She needs to talk to her dr. since it does run in the family. I would suggest a 3-hour glucose tolerance test. That will tell her if she has it at the moment. If the tests come out fine, then she needs to have the dr. check her glucose every visit to keep an eye on it. |
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