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Glucose tolerance test
Glucose tolerance testing - This test checks for signs of gestational diabetes. It's fairly straightforward: You drink a sweetened solution, and an hour later a blood sample is drawn and your blood sugar level is measured.
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Do I need a glucose tolerance test?
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How do I do a glucose tolerance test?
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What should I do to make my glucose tolerance test easy tomorrow?
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How much can eating beforehand change the results of a glucose tolerance test?
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Fail first glucose tolerance test repeated with a fastied 3hour gluclose tolerance with 100mg oral. 1st hr normal 2nd and 3rd is above normal range?
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What is the oral glucose tolerance test?
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Home ogtt (oral glucose tolerance test), how to do it?
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Can a hypoglycemic person have a normal glucose tolerance test?
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Can taking glucosamine daily affect the glucose tolerance test?
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Can you be diagnosed diabetic from glucose tolerance test results?
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Do they prick your skin or withdraw for 3 hr glucose tolerance test?
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Could i lose too much blood for doing a 2 hours glucose tolerance test?
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Am I at risk for diabetes if my glucose tolerance test came out positive.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the difference between oral glucose tolerance test and modified glucose tolerance test?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Did 5 hr glucose tolerance test dint know results but do know at 5 hrs my sugar was 74 is that a giod sign?
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Expert opinion - should my glucose tolerance test be accurate if i exercised right before i went in to take it?
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A 38-year old female asked:
My glucose tolerance test results are: fasting: 100 mg/dl, 1hr: 148mg/dl, 2hr: 128 mg/dl. My hbc1a : 5.7. I am concerned....Am i prediabetes?
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A 28-year old asked:
Glucose tolerance test: I passed but 1hr-173; 2hr-167; 3hr-103. I walked during last hour. Would walking make me pass when I should have failed?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is a pediatric glucose tolerance test?
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Pediatric glucose tolerance test, how is this done?
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A 42-year old asked:
Is it okay to have diet coke before a glucose tolerance test?
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A 35-year old asked:
What's a 3 hour oral glucose tolerance test (ogtt) for diabetes?
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Does changing to diabetic diet affect the glucose tolerance test?
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A 42-year old female asked:
What are the normal values for serum insulin in glucose tolerance test (75g) after 60 and 120 minutes?
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A 45-year old asked:
Glucose tolerance test. I was meant to have mine today but I vomited and couldn't have it. How do I find out if gdm?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is it true that they take up to 2 blood samples during the glucose tolerance test. Would i be in danger of losing too much blood?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Having glucose tolerance test but during day havenormal sugars but have dawn phenomenon how do you stop that when everything else is normal?
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A 28-year old female asked:
A few days ago I had a glucose tolerance test. At 0 minutes my bg was 79 and at 120 minutes it has dropped to 63.Does that indicate hypoglycemia?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Confused. got 1 touch machine two weeks ago, readings are frequently as high as 20 mmol, but did glucose tolerance test and it was normal?? what do?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Glucose tolerance test negative but every morning I wake up with fasting sugar 104-108 . If I eat sugar during day sugar not high. So what do I do?
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