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Is it possible to have high blood sugar/ diabetes that is not detectable by regular standards?
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Not likely: One could have very brief episodes of elevated blood sugar. However a glucose tolerance test would unmask a tendency towards diabetes. In addition a glycohemoglobin test (a1c) reveals the average blood sugar level for the preceding 90 days.
Answered 1/19/2018
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No: Vein derive accurate-period fingerstick derived accurate to within 15% of vein number hga1c is an indirect measure of average sugar over 3m, but does sometimes give falsly low number fructosamine gives average sugar over 1m, is accurate.
Answered 1/19/2018
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