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Health Encyclopedia: Type 1 Diabetes Monitoring Tests Checking Glucose (Blood Sugar) Levels
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Monitoring Tests
Glucose (Blood Sugar) Levels
Both low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) are of concern for patients who take insulin. It is important, therefore, to carefully monitor blood glucose levels. In general, patients with type 1 diabetes need to take readings four or more times a day. Patients should aim for the following measurements:
- Pre-meal glucose levels of between 90 and 130 mg/dL
- Bedtime levels of between 110 and 150 mg/dL
Different goals may be required...
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Expert & Community Posts
The Positive Aspects of a Diabetic Pregnancy
By Kelsey Bonilla , Health Expert...resistance! For many years women with type 1 diabetes were discouraged from having... Read more »
Kidney tests for people with diabetes
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Glucose control cuts T1DM complications for 30 years
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...cuts the rate of complications in people with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). The study is from the... Read more »
Diabetes at Camp Bearskin Part I: My Story
By Janet Kramschuster , Health Expert...series chronicling a week of life at family diabetes camp. I was diagnosed with... Read more »
Are the drug companies hiding a cure?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...websites trying to find information on cures for Type 1 diabetes. Being a diabetic for 28 out of... Read more »
Health Guide
Type 1 Diabetes: Diagnosis - Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
...AbnormalitiesFasting Plasma Glucose. The fasting plasma glucose (FPG) test is the standard test for diagnosing diabetes. It is a simple blood test taken after 8 hours of fasting. In general,... Read more »Diabetes Diet: General Dietary Guidelines
General Dietary GuidelinesThe treatment goals for a diabetes diet are:Achieve near normal blood glucose levels. People with type 1 diabetes and people with type 2 diabetes who are taking insulin or... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Screening Tests - Fasting Plasma Glucose
Screening TestsThere are no clear-cut guidelines for when to screen for diabetes. Some experts recommend that everyone over age 45 be tested regularly for diabetes, although others do not feel this... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes: Transplantation Procedures
...this procedure. Experts are now recommending transplants in cases of end-stage kidney failure or when diabetes poses more of a threat to the patient's life than does the transplant... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes
Long-Term ComplicationsType 1 diabetes reduces the normal life span by an average of 5 to 8 years. However, survival rates are improving in all ethnic groups and both genders. Longer survival rates... Read more »Images
Medications
...cause false positive results with certain diabetic urine testing products (cupric sulfate-type).... Read more »
...Effects section.) Your doctor may need to adjust your diabetes medication, exercise program, or... Read more »
...cause false positive results with certain diabetic urine testing products (cupric sulfate-type).... Read more »
...Effects section.) Your doctor may need to adjust your diabetes medication, exercise program, or... Read more »
...Effects section.) Your doctor may need to adjust your diabetes medication, exercise program, or... Read more »
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