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Had blood tests done, fasting glucose showed 90 and last month it was only 79. im sick worried. is fasting glucose 90 worrisome? is it pre diabetes?

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No..no: Fasting glucose of of 70-100 in women is acceptable.

Dr Kuitems and another doctor agreed

Answered 3/16/2015

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How accurate is the fasting glucose blood test? Mine showed 117. Dr said may be pre-diabetes but test not accurate. Do I need A1C to confirm? I did A1C in June and it was normal, 5.3.

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My latest fasting blood test showed an a1c of 5.9 and blood glucose level of 87. I am at a healthy weight & scared of diabetes. How bad is it?

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I had blood work done and my A1c is 5.3. My fasting glucose was 80 but my fasting glucose serum was 143. Insulin was normal. Is this diabetes?

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Fasting glucose=91 & 89 on 2 diff blood test, 2nd time tested insulin 3 hemoglobin A1c 5.4 I am constantly craving sugar, often become shaky & lightheaded, i'm 123 lbs 5'9" am i at risk for diabetes?

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Fit 35yr, generally eat low carb/sugar, but not keto. Fasting blood glucose has been slightly above 100 on 2 consecutive tests (102 and 105) but A1c is only 4.4 (4.2 lower limit of reference range). Diabetes possible, or ruled out by A1c levels?

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