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Q: what are the normal blood glucose levels for a person with diabetes mellitus type 1 & 2?
normal blood glucose levels for an average perso n is approximately 90mg/100ml. can anyone tell me the BGL for a person with diabetes mellitus?

A: There are various methods to determine blood glucose level. Some tests give you accurate diagnosis of diabetes or pre-diabetes, while others will tell you how well you are managing your diabetes.

Fasting Blood Sugar Test:
Measures the blood sugar level after 8 hours fast or overnight. Normal fasting blood glucose level is less than 100mg/dl. If your fasting blood glucose level is from 100mg/dl to 125mg/dl then you will have impaired blood glucose level also known as Pre-Diabetes. If your blood glucose level is above 125mg/dl then your doctor will diagnose as a patient of diabetes. To confirm the diagnosis, your doctor may repeat the fasting blood glucose test on any other day. If you have blood glucose level of 126mg/dl or higher in two consecutive tests, then you may have diabetes. If you have blood glucose level greater than 200mg/dl and you have symptoms of diabetes like increased thirst or hunger, frequent urination, weight loss, blurred vision etc, then you may be diagnosed with diabetes mellitus without confirming it with second test.

Random Blood Glucose Test:
Random blood Glucose test gives your blood sugar at any time in a day. Normal random blood sugar level should be less than 200mg/dl. If your random blood glucose level is between 140mg/dl to 200mg/dl then you will have pre-diabetes.

Oral glucose tolerance test
This test measures your response to sugar. First we measure fasting blood glucose level, and then glucose solution is given, after that we measure blood glucose after 1 hour and 2hours. A normal blood glucose level after an oral glucose tolerance test is less than 140 mg/dL. Level between 140 mg/dL to 199 mg/dL suggests pre-diabetes. A blood glucose level of 200 mg/dL or higher two hours after you drink the glucose solution may suggest that you have diabetes mellitus.

Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test
This test is not for diagnosing diabetes, but it shows you how well you have controlled your sugar in last 2 or 3 months. Normal value is less than 7%, however if it is more than 7 then you and your doctor should think of changing your treatment of diabetes.

Always Remember, your blood glucose measurement alone is not enough to differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Your doctor may do some other tests to find out which type of diabetes you have.

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Q: If my blood glucose levels are normal does that mean I’m not diabetic?
I went to the doc today and told her how I have a sweet metallic taste in my mouth and I thought it might be diabetes. She pulled up my records and said that my recent blood test showed that my blood glucose levels were normal so I can’t have diabetes. I don’t really trust my doctor… So is this true?

A: Are you expiriencing any of the symptoms that go along with diabetes? How long ago was your last blood test? There maybe a possiblity of diabetes if the test was a long time ago. But likely you dont have diabetes if your doctor did tests recently. If you don’t trust your doctor I would HIGHLY suggest you get a new one. You are paying them good money…although I highly doubt your doc is lying to you…if your not happy go to a different doctor.

Q: how does the liver maintain normal blood glucose levels between meals?
a. liver cells have an exzyme that removes phosphorus from glucose allowing glucose to diffuse out of the liver cells and into the blood
b. only liver cells have enzymes that allow for glycogenolysis
c.liver sells release hormoon that stimulate glycogenolysis by all cells

plz explain
if it’s a guess let me know
thx
d. only liver cells are able to metabolize fat into glucose

A: A. is correct. Live cells have a phosphatase that removes the phosphate residue from glucose-6-phosphate. The enzyme is called glucose-6-phosphatase. B is not correct because muscle cells can also breakdown glycogen to glucose phosphate but cannot remove the phosphate group. C and D are incorrect. This is absolutely right. I teach this stuff in med school.

Q: What are normal Blood Glucose levels after a meal w/ Metformin?
I am NOT diabetic and would like to know what normal glucose levels are supposed to be before and after a meal. I take 2000mg a day of Metformin for preventative reasons since it runs in family. For this test lets say that the meal is a Big Mac, Fry and a Sundae..roughly 1100 calories. What should the average normal blood glucose level be after 1/2hr, after 1 hour and after 2 hours. I am starting with a normal 89 blood glucose level? Mine was 135 at half hour, 165 on the hour and 85 at the 2 hour mark.

A: Sounds like the metformin is working well. A good Blood Glucose Level is 70-120. This may vary 5-8 points more with different research opinions and testing devices. Staying below 180 is still considered controlled. Your slight increase of blood glucose is normal for even someone not on metformin or diabetic. Just remember everything in moderation.

Q: What is the body’s mechanisms for controlling blood glucose levels under normal and stress conditions?
Discribe

A: the release if insulin from the pancreas

Q: What happens to a person whose blood glucose levels are within normal range but is taking pills for diabetes?
My brother was very heavy and his doctor prescribed medication for diabetes. He’s lost about 80 pounds now and another doctor took a blood test and sid he’s not diabetic, but my brother continues to take his medication. I’m worried.
He was prescribed metformin 500mg 3 times a day.

A: What is the name of the medication your brother is taking for his diabetes. Just because his blood sugars have normalized doesn’t mean he is no longer diabetic. Speak with his Dr’s as he may be able to control his diabetes with diet alone. Take care, Donna Interesting since your brother has lost so much weight his Dr maybe able to gradually decrease the Metformin and observe his BS and see what happens. It is the HBA1C that Drs judge BS control. He should remain on the diet though. Don’t be worried, Metformin does not cause hypoglycemia. I think it was a little premature of his Dr. to announce that he was “no longer diabetic as BS levels fluctuate all the time. Your brother will be predisposed to diabetes but he is doing great.

Q: What’s normal blood glucose, prediabetic blood glucose, and diabetic blood glucose levels?
Like, in mmol/L format?

A: How about both formats? Check out the chart on this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose_tolerance_test

The impaired descriptions are pretty much the same as “pre-diabetes”.

Q: What is the normal blood glucose level?
I am using an accucheck aviva meter. I know that the normal fasting level is 110 and under. but i am wondering what it should be through out the day while i am checking it about an hour after i eat. i had gestational diabetes and was told to monitor it after wards but was not told what the normal levels were.

A: a NORMAL readin is between 90 and 110. Go much lower than that is calld HYPOGLYCEMIA. This can casue dizzyness and fainting. If let untreated, hypoglycemia can casues coma and death. It can especially cause death if you faint while driving!

If your diabetes is under control, you reading shold be less than 120 after one hour after eating.

Otherwise, you readings will vary all over the place, depending on what you ate and when you ate it, and how much you exercised. It is therefore VERY important that you take your readings at the same time every day. Take an extra reading of you feel hypoclycemia — nauseous, dizzy, confused, or “tingle” in your hands and feet (if you don’t normally feel that way).

Most diabeteic take their readings JUST BEFORE meals on one day, and one hour AFTER meals on the next day, and alternate the cycle.

You treat hypoglycemia by eating something — a glassl of orange juice, a couple of cookies, some cracker and milk, a small tub of yogurt. Most diabeteic also carry 3-4 hard SUGARED candies with them for just such emergencies — like those hard butterscotch drops, or “Lemonheads”.

Your doctor shoud occasionally take an A1C test. This test measures your AVERAGE blood sugar levels over a 90-day period. a NORMAL reading is between 5 and 6, showing that your AVERAGE reading was between 90 and 120 over the last 90 days.

If your A1C is higher than that, the doctro will want to adjust your diet or your meds to drop that A1C reading back to norma. he will then do another A1C test after 90 days.

Q: What are the normal (ideal)blood glucose levels for a diabetic 14 yr old boy?
1.) 2 hours after eating?
2.) Before a meal?

A: 80-140 ishh =]

Q: Are these normal blood glucose levels for non diabetic?
I am a non diabetic, tested blood sugar about an hour after eating yogurt around bedtime, it was 124. I understand that the blood glucose is actually at its peak around 90 minutes after eating and starts going down around 2 hours after eating. Around 450 am I tested again and it was 86 mg. When I woke up around 6 43 it was at 77 mg and since I thought this was too low I waited 15 minutes and tested again before eating or drinking anything and it was 100 mg. Are these normal blood glucose levels ?

A: Yes, sweetheart … and I offer that as a general term of endearment. It is NOT intended to be offensive, obnoxious, condescending, or sexist … though, I must admit, I have yet to use it to an adult male, apart from my own two grown up sons … those figures are all OK.

The reason your blood sugar level was 124 mg/dL around bedtime was precisely because you’d eaten your yogurt.

Really, you should have waited until about 2 hours after eating to test your blood sugar level as shortly after you begin eating your digestive system is quietly breaking down the carbohydrate from whatever you eat. As this foodstuff is taken further through your alimentary canal, glucose is absorbed through the walls of the intestine into the bloodstream. This rise in blood sugar level would signal the beta cells (islets of Langerhans) of your pancreas to produce insulin. It’s this insulin that allows glucose (sugar) to be taken into your muscles and used to make energy. That’s what keeps us alive.

You may think that the 77 mg/dL glucose level was too low, but current understanding stipulates that the ‘normal’ fasting level of glucose should be between 70 and 99 mg/dL, so you’re well within that range.

Being lower than 70 mg/dL is only considered a ‘problem’ if you become symptomatic. That is, if it’s causing you problems, such as dizziness, disturbed vision, loss of consciousness, etc.

Q: what happens if rat insulin injected? Does blood glucose drop,or glucagon released to keep level normal?
Does pancreas secrete glucagon to break down glycogen stored in the liver to glucose to keep blood glucose level normal, or does the rat’s blood glucose fall with hyperinsulinism. My two rats that were given insulin did not have a drop in blood glucose levels.

A: blood glucose should drop. But it depends on when you give your rat insulin. If you gave your rat insulin when it’s been feed like 2 hours ago then you notice that blood glucose drops but to a certain point then the rat’s body signals for glucagon to be released to bring blood glucose back up to a certain range.

I think what happened with your rats was that when you give it insulin, since your rat’s blood glucose is already low then your rat’s body signals thier pancreas to secrete more glucagon to bring glucose levels back up to a certain range.

Remember your rat’s body like any mammalian body wants to keep a constant level of blood glucose like with anything else (maintain homoestasis)

Q: what are normal blood glucose levels for a pre-diabetic?
in the morning my levels are mostly below 100…..about 2-3 hours after eating my levels are no higher than 145….is this normal….thank you so much

A: So the normal blood sugar for a person which is pre diabetic is among 100 – 199 mg/dl.

In fasting blood sugar test, blood sugar levels of 100 to 125 mg/dl are considered as pre diabetic,

You have to do some further changes to your lifestyle to keep you blood sugar level below 100 mg/dl.

i also suggest you to go and see your GP for more specific treatment.

Q: Diabetes question-77 yr old male-normal blood glucose levels-diet, exercise, any chance of developing diabetes?

A: As long as you keep up a healthy lifestyle of exercise, diet and a reasonable weight you should be ok. The body becomes less sensitive to endogenous “created in the body” insulin with the more weight you gain. So if you are 300 pounds your body’s insulin requirements will be much greater.

Adults normally secrete approximately 50 units of insulin each day from their pancreas “Beta cells”. You body can modify this as needed since glucose stimulates the secretion of insulin.

Also with every kilogram (2.2 pounds) you gain the body must increase the cardiac output by 0.1 liter/min.

This statement simplified. The normal person’s heart pumps about 5-6 liters of blood per minute. The heart has 2 ways of increasing the blood that is pumped out, it can speed up or it can allow more blood in and squeeze harder “Frank-Starling Method”.

So if you are 22 pounds over weight than the body has about a 20% increase in the amount of blood it has to pump the body uses the “Frank-Starling Method” to compensate for the extra body mass, which leads to hypertension, strokes, organ failure, etc.

Q: what is a normal blood glucose level for non-diabetic?
I recently did my fasting lab-work and my blood glucose level was 124. My dr says it is elevated and wants me to retest.
I just tested my blood-sugar with a glucometer and it was 145. I ate a small sandwich about 2 hours ago. I am worried that I might be diabetic, or border line.
What is a normal number?

A: A ‘normal’ fasting blood glucose level for a non-diabetic is between 70 and 99 mg/dL. Obviously, with yours being higher than this, you can see why your doctor wants you to be retested.

Even after eating, a non-diabetics blood glucose level wouldn’t normally be higher than 140 mg/dL. This is because blood glucose control is kept within tight constraints by the autonomic nervous system.

After eating and breakdown of carbohydrates, by way of digestion and absorption, blood glucose rises. A signal is sent to the pancreas to produce more insulin. Insulin allows the transport of glucose into the body’s tissues in order to make energy. It’s this that keeps us alive. Because glucose is being used in this manner, the blood glucose level falls. This, in turn, sends another signal to the pancreas to produce glucagon. This stimulates the liver to release some of it’s store of glycogen … the way it stores glucose … which, obviously, raises the blood sugar level. As I say, this happens automatically … via the autonomic nervous system … in a non-diabetic, that is.

The reason your doctor wishes you to be retested is because a single high reading would not be sufficient to make a diagnosis. There are a number of reasons why blood sugar levels may increase including such things as, whether or not you have an infection, stress and anxiety suffered by yourself, various medical conditions, etc. etc.

If your second test also comes back that you have a raised blood glucose level, your doctor may, yet again, consider further testing … specifically an OGTT (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test), and maybe an HbA1c (Gycated haemoglobin [hemoglobin]), which would give your doctor a picture of what your blood sugar levels have been like over the previous three months.

Please note, the terms blood glucose and blood sugar are used interchangeably.

Q: What is normal blood glucose level in a non diabetic person ?
What is the normal range for a non diabetic person after eating more than normal ? Like on a holiday.? And when is the best time for a non diabetic person to check blood glucose ?

A: Hi the normal blood glucose in a non-diabetic person is 70-110. But this lab varies with different labs at different doctors offices. It will not vary much though. After a sugary load of food your blood sugar will rise possibly to 150-200. But it does goes down once the pancreas kicks out the insulin. The best time to check your blood sugar for a non-diabetic person is in the AM before you eat breakfast and preferably the night before you did not eat all sugar things. Hope this helped. Happy Thanksgiving.

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