The Affect of High Blood Sugar Levels!
You have been given a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and you have learned the aim of treatment is to take control of this condition by normalizing your blood sugar levels.
Are you interested in just treating the symptoms of diabetes, or in preventing or even reversing it's consequences? How do you go about this? Essential to treatment is learning to self-monitor your own blood sugars.
Even before you start to do this wouldn't you like to have a baseline analysis of your type 2 diabetes? This would tell you just how much your beta cells (of the pancreas) have been affected, or even partly burned out from high blood sugars.
It would show you if you have:
Have as many of them as you can afford ...
some of them are expensive.
But the cost is less than the cost involved if you were to lose your eyesight, or have a heart attack and end up with a damaged heart and on many medications for the rest of your life! Some of these tests include: 1.
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) which provides an estimate of your average blood sugar over the past few months 2.
Serum C-peptide level in your blood is an index of the amount of insulin your body is producing 3.
Full or complete blood count is a routine diagnostic test which shows problems other than diabetes, eg.
infection or iron deficiency 4.
Lipid profile will show the level of fatty substances in your blood including total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, and LDL 5.
Thrombotic risk profile shows the level of substances that reflect ongoing infection and other inflammatory processes.
These could lead to blood clotting and blockage of arteries in diabetics who have ongoing high blood sugar levels 6.
Renal risk profile ...
chronic high blood sugar over many years can slowly cause deterioration of your kidneys.
If found early, it may be reversible by normalizing your blood sugars.
While none of these tests are essential to your goal of having normal blood sugars, these are some of the tests available which you could talk over with your health care provider.
One of the most valuable of these tests is the HbA1c because it alerts your health care provider to the possibility your self-monitored blood sugar records may not reflect your true blood sugar levels for the past three months.
Are you interested in just treating the symptoms of diabetes, or in preventing or even reversing it's consequences? How do you go about this? Essential to treatment is learning to self-monitor your own blood sugars.
Even before you start to do this wouldn't you like to have a baseline analysis of your type 2 diabetes? This would tell you just how much your beta cells (of the pancreas) have been affected, or even partly burned out from high blood sugars.
It would show you if you have:
- already developed some long-term complications ...
which can be easily measured, or - identify your risk for other diabetic complications
Have as many of them as you can afford ...
some of them are expensive.
But the cost is less than the cost involved if you were to lose your eyesight, or have a heart attack and end up with a damaged heart and on many medications for the rest of your life! Some of these tests include: 1.
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) which provides an estimate of your average blood sugar over the past few months 2.
Serum C-peptide level in your blood is an index of the amount of insulin your body is producing 3.
Full or complete blood count is a routine diagnostic test which shows problems other than diabetes, eg.
infection or iron deficiency 4.
Lipid profile will show the level of fatty substances in your blood including total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, and LDL 5.
Thrombotic risk profile shows the level of substances that reflect ongoing infection and other inflammatory processes.
These could lead to blood clotting and blockage of arteries in diabetics who have ongoing high blood sugar levels 6.
Renal risk profile ...
chronic high blood sugar over many years can slowly cause deterioration of your kidneys.
If found early, it may be reversible by normalizing your blood sugars.
While none of these tests are essential to your goal of having normal blood sugars, these are some of the tests available which you could talk over with your health care provider.
One of the most valuable of these tests is the HbA1c because it alerts your health care provider to the possibility your self-monitored blood sugar records may not reflect your true blood sugar levels for the past three months.
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