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is my sugar high
just pricked my finger and check my blood and my reading was 165 is that high
Without knowing the exact time of testing all we can do is guess and speculate on your outcome. It makes a BIG difference when you test your blood sugar [glucose]. Not knowing your country of residence, the following are testing times with US measurement units. The UK and other countries, like Canada, require conversion from mg/dl to mmol/l.
● Fasting - first thing in morning before eating or drinking anything except water.
Normal levels is 60/70 to 99 mg/dl
Prediabets is 100 to 125 mg/dl
Diabetes is considered >126 mg/dl
● Preprandial - before a meal, Same as noraml
● Postprandial - 2-3 hours after a meal. <141 mg/dl, optimum <121 mg/dl. Normal is normal fasting levels
If you post back with postprandial test result be sure to include what foods were consumed as certain foods can/will elevate your blood sugar levels more than others.
Random anytime testing is useless as they result in false/positive readings.
Lastly, an A1c of 5.6% equates to an estimated daily glucose [blood sugar] average of 114 mg/dl, prediabetes. Please note, not everyone has the same A1c target range as it depends on ones health and life expectancy. Target ranges/goals should be discussed with your health care provider.
● Fasting - first thing in morning before eating or drinking anything except water.
Normal levels is 60/70 to 99 mg/dl
Prediabets is 100 to 125 mg/dl
Diabetes is considered >126 mg/dl
● Preprandial - before a meal, Same as noraml
● Postprandial - 2-3 hours after a meal. <141 mg/dl, optimum <121 mg/dl. Normal is normal fasting levels
If you post back with postprandial test result be sure to include what foods were consumed as certain foods can/will elevate your blood sugar levels more than others.
Random anytime testing is useless as they result in false/positive readings.
Lastly, an A1c of 5.6% equates to an estimated daily glucose [blood sugar] average of 114 mg/dl, prediabetes. Please note, not everyone has the same A1c target range as it depends on ones health and life expectancy. Target ranges/goals should be discussed with your health care provider.
Hello,
To me, I hope that I am wrong, you are likely a pre-diabetic, either type 1 or 2 . Question: Why with a single and random glucose reading at 165, that I conclude such guessing. Answer:It's very simply, a 5th grader can conclude the same thing as I did.Why? Because a non diabetic reading is almost always less then 120, even 1 hr. after meal.
to end this anxiety over being a diabetic or not, the esiest way is to buy a self-test kit called A1C Now, made by Bayer, at Walmart for $23USD, follow instruction, then within 5-10 minutes, voila , here is your A1c reading
if your A1c is between 5.6% to 6.4%,then according to the US Health Dept you are a pre-diabetic and so on...Good luck.
To me, I hope that I am wrong, you are likely a pre-diabetic, either type 1 or 2 . Question: Why with a single and random glucose reading at 165, that I conclude such guessing. Answer:It's very simply, a 5th grader can conclude the same thing as I did.Why? Because a non diabetic reading is almost always less then 120, even 1 hr. after meal.
to end this anxiety over being a diabetic or not, the esiest way is to buy a self-test kit called A1C Now, made by Bayer, at Walmart for $23USD, follow instruction, then within 5-10 minutes, voila , here is your A1c reading
if your A1c is between 5.6% to 6.4%,then according to the US Health Dept you are a pre-diabetic and so on...Good luck.
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