What should I not eat the night before a glucose test?
Avoid eating high sugar foods and drinks a night before the test for sugar not to spike and one gets a normal glucose test.
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
High blood glucose levels during pregnancy can also increase the chance that your baby will be born too early, weigh too much, or have breathing problems or low blood glucose right after birth. It can also induce still births in pregnant woman. Hence, speak with a doctor if glucose is high.
Yes, it is normal.
The glucose tolerance test is a lab test to check how your body stores sugar from the blood into tissues like muscle and fat.
It is done to diagnose diabetes such as fasting glucose. However, post prandial is done after 2 hours to check how the body stores sugar in muscles after food consumption after 2 hours.
Usually gestational diabetes has no symptoms, however, increased thirst and hyperglycemia may occur in woman who have gestational diabetes.
FBS, FBG, Fasting Blood Sugar
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