Blood Sugar Control
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008In diagnosing whether a person has prediabetes or diabetes, a doctor normally relies on the results of some specific glucose tests.
Though the traditionally preferred ways are Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) test and Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), i think that the haemoglobin A1C or HbA1c test is a better test for prediabetes. Why do i [...]
Insulin and how is it related to Diabetes and Prediabetes
Friday, May 16th, 2008Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas and it acts as the “middle man” between glucose and our body cells. Glucose is broken down from the food that we eat and our cells will use the glucose to convert to energy. Insulin helps the cells take in glucose from the bloodstream.
Below are the 4 steps our body do to [...]
When IGNORANCE is not a Bliss
Monday, May 12th, 2008According to a Singapore Health Survey conducted in 2004, Diabetes affects about 1 out of 12 people in the population and out the figure on Prediabetes as close to 1 out of 8. And the bad news are, more than half of the diabetics and prediabetics in Singapore do not know they have diabetes which is commonly known as [...]
What are the Symptoms of Hypoglycaemia (Hypoglycemia)?
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Low blood glucose / sugar level or Hypoglycaemia (Hypoglycemia) can happen to anybody, whether you are suffering from diabetes, prediabetes or non-diabetic so it will be good to understand this condition. If you experienced one of more of the following symptoms, you could be suffering from Hypoglycaemia (Hypoglycemia):
giddiness
hunger
sweating
shaking
irritable
confusion
headache
fast heartbeat
impaired vision
fatigue
anxious / nervousness
trouble speaking
What do should do [...]
What? Blood glucose BG (sugar) level too low? It’s Hypoglycaemia (Hypoglycemia)
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Most people only knows that if a person suffers from diabetes or prediabetes, it means that a person is suffering from high blood glucose BG / sugar level or Hyperglycaemia (Hyperglycemia). This is only one side of the coin, diabetics and prediabetes actually can suffer from another condition known as Hypoglycemia (Hypoglycaemia).
What is Hypoglycemia?
Hypoglycemia is the [...]
Metformin + Me (II) - More Giddy Spells…Hypoglycemia?
Friday, April 25th, 2008It was end Jan 08 and 2 months had passed since i had my last check, I had to go back to Doctor B for followup test for HbA1C & fasting plasma glucose FPG tests. I was very confident that i will be getting good results because i have been exercising hard and have been [...]
Metformin + Me => Giddy Spells
Thursday, April 24th, 2008News spread in the office soon and many colleagues were recommending me to seek a second opinion. I agreed but not till about 3 weeks later. The doctor was from someplace near my company and will called him Doctor B.
Doctor B recommended that i just test my HbA1c levels. When i first got back my HbA1c results which [...]