Symptoms Of Diabetes
What Are The Tests Available For Diabetes?
Both Type I and Type 2 diabetes are a bit
different from each other. Type I testing is done when symptoms (like
frequent urination, unusual thirst, hunger, sudden weight loss,
weakness, extremely tired, blurred vision, irritability, extreme case
vomiting and nausea.) manifest themselves and it normally consists of
the following tests:
1) Urinalysis: which shows the presence of glucose and and other
mono-sugar molecules in the urine. But, this not a definite test so a
blood test is also required after getting a positive result.
2) Blood Test: fasting sugar should be below 12mg per decilitre of
blood.
3) Random plasma glucose test: This test can be done anytime as it
does not depend on fasting and can also tell whether a person has
diabetes or not.
4) Insulin Test: is meant to check whether Insulin is low or
undetectable.
5) C-Peptide Test: To check whether there is low or undetectable
level of the protein C-peptide which is a by product of insulin.
Type 2 diabetes is diagnosed after the blood tests given below are
conducted on the patients having Type 2 diabetes symptoms (like frequent
urination mostly at night, sudden weight loss when not on a diet, slow
healing of wounds,especially in the feet and ankle area, blurred vision,
lack of sensation on the skin and itching of the hands and feet,
increased thirst during the night, erectile dysfunction and unreasonable
increased fatigue).
a) Fasting plasma glucose test: which is done to measure blood
sugar after fasting for 8 hours before the test and it can tell if the
person has diabetes or not.
b) Oral glucose tolerance test: which measures the blood sugar
level after not eating for 8 hours and after 2 hours of having taken a
glucose rich drink. It can also tell the doctor if a patient has
diabetes or not.
c) Random plasma glucose test: This test can be done anytime as it
does not depend on fasting and can also tell whether a person has
diabetes or not.