WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2001: Re: what is the normal blood sugar levels???

Re: what is the normal blood sugar levels???

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:43:00 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Tina wrote: >
>Okay,
>
>About a week and a half ago I had to have a one hour blood glucose level
>test done. This was a fasting test and I should have fasted for 12
>hours prior. Unfortunately, I forgot about having the test done and
>drank 2 cups of of hot tea before I went to bed. I had the test done
>about 9 hours after that.
>
>The results were my blood sugar level was 257. What is the normal range
>before being considered a diabetic? I am at high risk for diabetes
>because my mother, sister, 2 brothers, several aunts, and my maternal
>grandmother all had diabetes and didn't even know that I had high blood
>sugar.
>
>Can you tell me what the normal levels are? And could my drinking the
>sweetened hot tea 9 hours before hand affected the results?
>
>I told my doctor about drinking the tea when he gave me the results
>today and he said he will order a 3 hour test while I am in the hospital
>after my hysterectomy (which is Saturday for fibroids, pelvic pain,
>excessive bleeding and enlarged uterus).
>
>Thank your for any advise you can give.
>
>--
>Tina
>
>--
>Tina
>

Currently, a fasting blood glucose greater than 120 is enough to diagnose diabetes. I would not expect sweetened tea 9 hours prior to a glucose test to significantly affect the result. With a value of 257, I would be concerned that you have diabetes. Further, I would be very reluctant to operate on you before clearly defining if you indeed do have diabetes. There are many issues that diabetes can impact upon during and following a surgical procedure, not the least among them a very serious infection. Anybody with diabetes needs to have it tuned like a swiss clock before undertaking a surgical procedure. In your case, you aren't even sure of the diagnosis, let alone control... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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