Symptoms Of Diabetes
Always Get Your Blood Sugar Levels Tested To Monitor Diabetes
It is estimated that at least 16 million Americans are
diabetic. This is an alarming figure in itself but when one considers
the fact that often people who are suffering from diabetes have
virtually no symptoms of the disease, then the idea becomes even more
worrying. Although it is now common hearsay that one can easily detect
the symptoms of this disease, but one cannot be perfectly sure of being
diabetic. It requires a blood test to establish for certain that one has
diabetes.
The blood test that is done for
checking diabetes is a test to check the blood sugar levels in the body.
The test is carried out in two phases on the same day. The first blood
test is carried out on the patient&rsquos blood when he is fasting. So,
a patient coming for the test arrives without taking his breakfast or
even a cup of morning tea or coffee. If the blood sugar levels are found
to be 126 milligrams per deciliter or higher, on two separate occasions,
after fasting, then there is a likelihood of diabetes.
Following
this another blood test is taken after the patient has had his breakfast
and cup of tea or coffee. This time the blood sugar levels should not go
above 200 milligrams per deciliter. In case it is above this mark, then
the likelihood of diabetes is likely. At times the patient is given 75
gram glucose solution to drink. Then the blood sugar levels are checked
for checking the blood sugar levels as well as the measurement of
ketones, which are the products from the breakdown of fats.
Once
these tests have been successfully carried out the patient is prescribed
a course of treatment which involves both the physical and emotional
aspects of his being, as diabetes is not a malaise of the physical body
alone. It is also a disease that affects one&rsquos emotions and
reactions.