What is the normal range for a non diabetic person after eating more than normal ? Like on a holiday.? And when is the best time for a non diabetic person to check blood glucose ?

Hi the normal blood glucose in a non-diabetic person is 70-110. But this lab varies with different labs at different doctors offices. It will not vary much though. After a sugary load of food your blood sugar will rise possibly to 150-200. But it does goes down once the pancreas kicks out the insulin. The best time to check your blood sugar for a non-diabetic person is in the AM before you eat breakfast and preferably the night before you did not eat all sugar things. Hope this helped. Happy Thanksgiving.

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My dad is 54 and a type one diabetic. He hasn’t been controlling it the best he could in the past and I am urging him to being to take notice.

So how many times should he do it and when?

Ummm.. it depends on the person;
I’m type one diabetic as well, but I check my blood sugar a lot..
About 6/7 times a day..
When I get up/before breakfast..
Before lunch
Sometimes in the later afternoon
Before dinner
Sometimes 1/2 between dinner and bed
Before bed

But, like I said.. I do it a lot

Hope your dad gets his diabetes under control!

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I don’t know if I should follow a diabetic diets, competely cut out sugars and carbs? Should I eat so many calories/carbs? Any help or advice would be appreciated. I would ask the doctor but she wants me to join their program which costs lots of money. So I am trying to go at it alone. Thanks for any help.

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I am doing a presentation on diabetes and I need to keep my audience entertained and informed.
What activity could I do to make a presentation about diabetes fun. I already have all the information that I need but it just seems boring especially for a bunch of 17-19 year olds. Can anyone help me? My presentation revolves around teen and adult diabetes if that helps.

Well..
I have type one diabetes and anyone who knows anyone about the disease (as I’m sure you do) knows it’s not something ‘fun’.
But of course, you don’t want to bore your audience to death.

I cannot really think of any way to make if fun, but don’t just throw facts at the audience. Use examples, tell stories, ect. I know what I’m much more interested in a more personal presentation than someone naming stupid statistics.

Wish I could be more help.
Feel free to message me if you need any info.

~Lindsey (:

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I am a prediabetic and I need to go to a clinic to check my fasting blood sugar. I am not sure whether 10 hours of absolute fasting (only water during this period) or 12 hours of absolute fasting will give an near accurate result. Experienced people please help.

A fasting blood test just means that you are not supposed to eat or drink eight to 12 hours before having blood taken. However, you can–and should–drink water. You should consult your doctor about whether your should avoid medications. The reason for fasting prior to a blood test is so that food and beverages do not influence your test ratings. Your doctor is trying to gauge specific information before any external substances create a false outcome.

Tin

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My wife and I have a specialist to go to tomorrow for gestational diabetes…its our first time meeting them and my wife is 32 weeks along..what should we expect from a visit? are they going to do an ultrasound or just normal blood test and such?

Are they testing her for gestational diabetes, or does she have gestational diabetes?

If she is being tested for it, the specialist will have her drink a glucose drink which tastes kind of like a sugary soda. Your wife will have to drink the drink within 5 minutes. She must then wait an hour and then the specialist will take a blood sample to see how fast your wife’s system processes sugar.

If the reading is abnormal then your wife’s practitioner will have her come back for a three-hour glucose tolerance test to see if she really does have gestational diabetes.

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I know that Diabetes is when the body cant produce or can’t use insulin by absorbing it into the arteries. How does your weight affect this?

Being over weight increases your chance of developing type 2 diabetes-a very important distinction. Gaining weight is a trauma to the body. It actually injures it, just like an external trauma would. When you over eat continually, your body becomes resistant to the insulin your pancreas produces. Type 2 medication allows your body to effectively use the insulin your body produces.

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I noticed that his breath is very sweet which really concerns me and I know that diabetes runs in his family. Are there any signs I can look out for?

Symptoms include:

- Frequent urination.
- Excessive thirst.
- Weight loss is another thing. You’ll especially want to watch his weight since it’s more noticeable with type 1 diabetes but does happen with both.
- Fatigue/weakness.
- Tingling or Numbness in Your Hands, Legs, or Feet.

Other things your might want to be aware of are that diabetes can mess with your vision. My mom has to get her eyes checked every year because of her diabetes.

Keep an eye on any bruises he gets because with diabetes bruises and cuts take a long time to heal. Skin that’s either dry or itchy is another symptom.

Don’t be so worried if he doesn’t have a lot of these symptoms. Keep an eye out, yes, but don’t loss sleep worrying about it. If diabetes runs through his family then once he hits a certain age his doctor will most likely want him to get checked every so often if he doesn’t already. How often will most likely depend on his case, meaning how many other people in his family have it (meaning parents and grandparents).

And once again, if it runs through his family, his parents will most likely be familiar with the symptoms and will know what to look for, so don’t worry yourself too much. If other people in his family have it and his parents are worried as well, then maybe he could use one of there machines and get checked. Or, like I said, he could have a blood test done with his doctor to check.

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Hello people.

I see diabetes listed as a risk factor for heart diseases and I wonder how bad it really is to have diabetes. Is it as bad as smoking? I suppose it depends on how well diabetes is controlled but I just want to get an idea of what damage high blood sugar does to you body.

Cheers.

Uncontrolled diabetes is actually WORSE than smoking cigarettes (from a cardiovascular standpoint). Having uncontrolled blood sugar is like having something the consisteny of maple syrup in your veins and arteries… this in turn causes the heart to work much harder, and it also damages the microvasculature in the body (like in the kidneys and eyes). The vascular system is in a constant state of inflammation… tiny breaks in the blood vessels occur. When this happens, the body tries to repair it by clotting, and heart attacks are usually caused when one of these clots break off and get lodged in the vasculature of the heart causing oxygen deprivation. So yeah, it’s bad.
However, if a diabetic controls their blood sugar well, they have about the same risk for heart disease that any of us do.

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I don’t know why, but I have never been a fan of sugar… I rarely eat chocolate, sweets, etc. But I notice, that sometimes, when I miss lunch, I become dizzy… Or, that I can not fall asleep without eating anything. But, I don’t see this problem in anyone else in my family.

If I have low blood sugar, is that why I have to eat right before I go to sleep? I don’t know… Thoughts?

what ur experiencing is a condition called ‘hypoglycemic’ which means ur body dont have enough sugar.
symptoms of hypo include
-dizziness
-hunger
-shaky hands
-lethargic
-blurred vision

and to ans ur q, yes, i should eat something light b4 going to sleep. like 2 pieces of wholemeal cracker, or a glass of milk. that should help

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