What is the a1c test?

A1c: It would be best for you to go online and look up A1c. You will learn a lot but in short it is a measure of the control of diabetes. It is a laboratory test but many endocrinologists have that test available in their office.

Blood sugar: This is a test primarily of your blood sugar. In particular a surrogate for your three month average.

Diabetic measure.: The HgbA1C is a measure reflective of your degree of diabetic control in the long term. It essentially represents a three month average of your fingersticks, as if you took a fingerstick every minute, night and day, eating and fasting, for three months straight and then averaged them all. Technically, it's the percentage of red blood cells that have glucose attached to them.