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What is the purpose of fasting in a fasting plasma glucose test?
What is the purpose of fasting in a fasting plasma glucose test?
What is the purpose of fasting in a fasting plasma glucose test?
Fasting means that you have had nothing to eat or drink (except water) for 8 to 12 hours before the test. This will yeild best results and detect whether you have diabetes or not
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
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How long must a patient fast before the fasting test for diabetes?
A person should fast 8-12 hours before giving the test.
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
Why is a fasting blood sugar of 117 considered high?
117mg/dl is considered prediabetes.
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
My fasting blood sugar is 197. What medicine should I take?
Since 197 is high you are recommended to taken metformin or insulin depending on what the doctor suggests
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
Is 175 a high blood sugar?
Yes, 175mg/dl is high and one should make lifestyle changes to bring down value to 100mg/dl.
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
My fasting blood sugar is 89.6 mg/dl, is it normal value?
Yes, it is a normal value.
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
GLUCOSE, FASTING
FBS, FBG, Fasting Blood Sugar
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- 10- 12 Hr fasting is required