Why do people have to take glucose tests?
People are recommended to take glucose test to prevent and to monitor existing conditions which can cause complications such as impaired sight and renal functions.
Last updated on 28 Sep 2023
The glucose tolerance test is a lab test to check how well your body moves sugar from the blood into tissues like muscle and fat
During pregnancy, your body makes more hormones and goes through other changes, such as weight gain. These changes cause your body's cells to use insulin less effectively. Hence, a glucose tolerance test is mandatory to check for gestational diabetes.
A blood glucose test measures the level of blood sugar moving freely in the blood stream.
Yes. However, oral glucose testing is diffrent from blood sugar test.
One should test average glucose atleast twice per year.
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