How did you get diagnosed with diabetes?
Diabetes is detected by tests such as glucose fasting, glucose random and HBA1C.
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
The large gland behind the stomach called the pancreas controls blood sugar levels and produces insulin and glucagon and other hormones.
If your insulin level falls too low overnight, your blood glucose rises. The reasons for the drop in insulin vary from person to person, but it most commonly occurs when your insulin secretion provide too little basal back up hence the glucose levels shoots up.
A fasting blood sugar level of 99 mg/dL or lower is normal, 100 to 125 mg/dL indicates you have prediabetes, and 126 mg/dL or higher indicates you have diabetes.
Yes insufficient insulin production will increase blood glucose levels
It is not curable because the pancrease do not produce the hormone insulin which can help in storing sugar
RBS, RBG, Random Blood Sugar
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