Glucose Testing?!
Question: I had blood work done yesterday morning and after 12 hours of fasting my glucose leve was 114.. how bad is that, the dr called me at 7 am this morning to tell me the results. And said to make an appt. in a month. What is the normal blood glucose level, if it matters im a 33 year old female
Answers: I had blood work done yesterday morning and after 12 hours of fasting my glucose leve was 114.. how bad is that, the dr called me at 7 am this morning to tell me the results. And said to make an appt. in a month. What is the normal blood glucose level, if it matters im a 33 year old female
Usually they don't want you to go over 120, so it is running towards the higher normal. I wouldn't worry. It isn't high enough to go on medicine or anything right now. They may retest you to make sure the results were accurate though.
Below 120 is good
Your glucose should be under 100, so 114 is over what it should be. Your doctor probably wants to check it again in a month so he/she can compare it with this month's results. When you fast it gives you an idea of how much sugar your body is producing. When we add food to the picture, it could make your sugar go higher. This would increase your risk of diabetes.
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for fasting glucose testing the NORMAL person is from 65 to 100!! pre diabetes is from there to 125!! over that and you get nerve and blood vessel damage in toes, fingers and eyes!
Age doesn't matter, weight doesn't matter, being couch potato does as does food choices!
At 114 your doctor wants to do more testing to see what it is in a month.
Did you get blood draw? HbA1c test? that is the percentage of glucose sticking to red blood cells over the last 90 days.
Always ask the office for a copy of the results for your home records. They are very handy to refer back to. Diabetes is a progressive disease and progresses at its own pace in each of us. Some have rapidly rising glucose levels no matter how hard they try to control the problem, and some can go for years and years on food plan and movement plan alone! It is strictly on an individual basis.
I really hope it was the potato without the sour cream and butter for dinner or whatever you ate that was carby that caused the 114 number for you. That will send me to 300 for 2 days in spite of insulin injections and the metformin tabs.