Question 1

what is the difference between hba1c and serum glucose?

Accepted Answer

See below: Serum glucose is how much glucose (a type of sugar) is present in your blood at the exact minute your blood was drawn.
Hga1c is different.  It actually looks at how much sugar is stuck to your blood cells and represents an "average" of how high your blood sugar has been every day for the last 3 months.

Question 2

i am facing frequent urination. i got tested my blood, and my hba1c is 7.4% but my serum glucose before eating is 5.41 and after eating is 6.24.   ?

Accepted Answer

Diabetes: The urine frequency in poorly controlled diabetes is usually associated with large volumes of urine at each urination, while the urine frequency seen in urinary tract infections is usually associated with voiding in small amounts of urine with or without urinary burning. If you think you may have a bladder infection get a urinalysis and culture to be sure. Get dietary advice for your high A1c.

Question 3

difference between a1c and serum glucose?

Accepted Answer

Time: A1c  is a measure of someone's average glucose over the last 2-3 months while a serum glucose is a measure of someone's glucose at the time the measurement is obtained.

Question 4

dear doctors,
good evening
i will be great full if any one can explain me the difference between in detail please 
1.hba1c
2.estimated average glucose (eag)
3.glucose, fasting blood
thankyou 
nahed?

Accepted Answer

Monitoring DM: Fasting glucose is blood glucose after 8 hours from last meal. Usually person checks glucose before eating, which is not necessarily 8 hours from the last meal, it is known as preprandial glucose and 2 hours after first bite of meal, postprandial blood sugar. Arithmetic mean of all glucose value is average glucose. HBA1C is percentage of hemoglobin in blood glycosalated due to high blood sugar.

Question 5

how does serum glucose normally fluctuate during activie phases of acute or chronic pancreatitis? does glucose get elevated after pancreatitis ends?

Accepted Answer

Sugar: Your sugars can be very sporadic and and change upward or downward, with pancreatitis, but normally it will go up.  As your pancreas is damaged, so are the cells that produce insulin and therefore your sugar my elevate.

Question 6

what risk do i have with triglycerides 160, serum glucose 12 and alt (sgpt) 54?

Accepted Answer

Needs clarification: Ideally your triglycerides would be less than 125 mg/dl and the alt, a liver enzyme, is slightly elevated which may be due to fatty liver associated with excess body weight and blood sugar.  The confusing thing is your reported glucose: 12 is not compatible with life so i wonder if you mean hemoglobin a1c or glycosylated hemoglobin.  If that is 12, you have uncontrolled diabetes &need urgent care.

Question 7

why are my serum glucose levels high?

Accepted Answer

Hard to say: Most often, this suggests one of the several types of diabetes.

Question 8

blood serum glucose was 71 about an hour after eating. is this too low? there have been issues with dizziness. what is an ideal threshold?

Accepted Answer

Fasting glucose: All laboratory results need to be interpreted in the clinical context and the doctor who ordered the tests is usually in the best position to do that. Having said that, you should discuss the matter with your doctor to have a fasting blood glucose and if need be a glucose tolerance test. The information you provided is insufficient for a diagnosis.
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Question 9

why is serum glucose more accurate than finger tip glucose, when monitoring readings?  how much faith can i put with a home glucometer?

Accepted Answer

Plasma: has a higher water content than whole blood, so there is more dissolved glucose in plasma compared with whole blood, and readings are 15 to 20 percent higher.

Question 10

serum glucose is 2.2 doctor said borderline so need fasting blood test. what is this? and could this be related to b12 deficiency?

Accepted Answer

Not related: Blood sugar and B-12 are not related, although a diabetes medicine called metformin can decrease your vitamin B-12 levels.  Blood sugar that runs high can be a sign of Diabetes Mellitus or Pre-Diabetes.  Get the fasting sugar test done and eat a healthy diet, low in simple sugars.

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I am facing frequent urination. i got tested my blood, and my hba1c is 7.4% but my serum glucose before eating is 5.41 and after eating is 6.24. ?

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Difference between a1c and serum glucose?

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Dear doctors, good evening i will be great full if any one can explain me the difference between in detail please 1.hba1c 2.estimated average glucose (eag) 3.glucose, fasting blood thankyou nahed?

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How does serum glucose normally fluctuate during activie phases of acute or chronic pancreatitis? does glucose get elevated after pancreatitis ends?

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What risk do i have with triglycerides 160, serum glucose 12 and alt (sgpt) 54?

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Why are my serum glucose levels high?

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Blood serum glucose was 71 about an hour after eating. is this too low? there have been issues with dizziness. what is an ideal threshold?

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Why is serum glucose more accurate than finger tip glucose, when monitoring readings? how much faith can i put with a home glucometer?

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Serum glucose is 2.2 doctor said borderline so need fasting blood test. what is this? and could this be related to b12 deficiency?

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