A 48-year-old member asked:
What is the normal blood sugar levels for diabetics?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Endocrinology 53 years experience
Diabetic: How long have you had diabetes.
If it was recent in years you would be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
The goal of type 2 diabetes is to get your blood sugar under control and gradually get rid of it once your diabetes has gonE
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Could you tell me what are considered dangerous blood sugar levels for diabetics?
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Dr. Thomas Nameyanswered
Rheumatology 50 years experience
Several things!: If blood sugar is extremely high, you can suck water from the brain, with what is called hyperosmolar coma. Chronically high blood sugars will cause you to become dehydrated. And chronically high HGB a1cs indicate poor control and correlate best with diabetic complications!
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A 47-year-old member asked:
What is the normal level for blood sugar?
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Dr. Luis Gonzalez-mendozaanswered
Pediatric Endocrinology 44 years experience
Fasting: Less than 100, non- fasting it is very variable. There is a very good test that you can buy at a pharmacy, it is called hba1-c now which will tell you wether your average blood sugar is greater than normal.
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A member asked:
What's normal blood sugar levels?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Fasting blood glucose level should be less than 100 mg/dL.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Is 6.6 blood sugar a diabetic ?
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Dr. Michael Pakdamananswered
General Practice 14 years experience
Diabetes diagnosis: The Hemoglobin A1C test (HbA1c) is a measurement that captures your average glucose over the past 3 months. There is no official "set point" for diagnosis of diabetes using HbA1c as it is usually used by the doctor together with other tests, however generally those with HbA1c of 6.5% or higher are at a higher risk of diabetes-related complications such as diabetic retinopathy.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
What is a normal/average blood sugar level?
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Dr. David Sneidanswered
Endocrinology 43 years experience
65-100: 65-100 when drawn out of a vein while fasting. Various authorities have different "normal" levels. There are, however, no exact cut-offs, it's all a continuium. See diabetes.Org for more into.
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