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Is hyperglycemia the same as diabetes?
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No: Hypergycemia is high blood sugar concentration in the blood. It can occur in diabetics but also in people with pre-diabetes so hyperglycemia alone does not give you the diagnosis of diabetes.
Answered 3/15/2014
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Basically yes: Yes. But there can be elevated blood sugars from other causes without true diabetes.
Answered 12/15/2012
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