Am I diabetic or prediabetic or IGT?

Question

Hi doctor,

My friend advised me to check my glucose on her glucometer. The results were as follows after eating a meal with the following nutrition specs; Carbohydrates 98 g, fiber 21 g, protein 28 g, fat: 27 g, saturated fat: 4.5 g, calories: 720. Blood sugar after 1 hour 113 mg/dL, after 2 hours 131 mg/dL and after 3 hours 121 mg/dL. Am I diabetic or pre-diabetic or IGT? I have never had an OGTT or any other test for diabetes before.

Answer 1

Hi,

Welcome to icliniq.com. Why are you worried that you have diabetes? Do you have polyuria that is increased frequency or volume of urination or any positive family history or numbness of the feet? Whatever the cause might be with the values you have sent I can assure you that you are not even prediabetic. If you want to confirm, then you can go for OGTT (oral glucose tolerance test) with 50 g 1 hour, 75 g 2 hours or 100 g 3 hours test which will monitor your body's ability to break down glucose following a fixed glucose load. Only glucose no other protein or fiber. More important is your fasting blood sugar following 8-12 hours of fasting. You may drink water.