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Can you use period blood for a blood glucose test?
No
Last updated on 30 Mar 2023
Losing weight and reversing prediabetes can take anywhere from a few weeks, to a few months, to a few years, but the window of time to reverse prediabetes can be few years too.
If your fasting levels are 100mg/dl or less then you are normal. If they are more than 100-125mg/dl then you fall into prediabetes. If they are more than 140mg/dl then you fall under the diabetic zone.
It helps in the detection of diabetes.
Diabetics lose weight as there is no insulin available to move glucose into the body's cells, glucose builds up in the bloodstream. The kidneys then work to remove this unused sugar through urination. The sugar is not used as energy, so the body starts burning fat and muscle for energy, resulting in weight loss
HBA1c, glucose fasting, glucose post prandial are the most important tests for diabetes.
RBS, RBG, Random Blood Sugar
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