The Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes

Early diagnosis is very important as a step in order that diabetes can be treated as soon as possible. If you are experiencing diabetes symptoms, you should immediately consult the doctor.

Sampling of Urine and Blood Samples

You will be asked to describe your symptoms and recommended to undergo regular urine and blood test. Urine samples will be tested to check your sugar content. Normal urine contains no sugar (diabetes), but these substances can accumulate and flows into the kidneys and then urinalysis if you suffer from diabetes.

If there was sugar in the urine, you would normally be advised to undergo a blood test to ensure the diagnosis of diabetes.

Oral Glucose Tolerance Test to Evaluate the Activity of Insulin in the Body

Your blood sample is generally taken twice, i.e. before a meal and two hours after a meal. A blood sample for glucose test done on the morning after you doesn't eat and drink for 8-12 hours. You are also advised not to drink certain drugs that can affect test results.

The you will be given a sugar solution with the already defined. Exactly two hours later, a blood sample is taken you will be returned to the test glucose in order to evaluate the activity of insulin in the body.

Result of Test on Your Blood Sugar Levels

Your sugar levels will be known from oral glucose tolerance test result (test glucose before eating and drinking and glucose test two hours after drinking the sugar solution). That number will determine whether you suffer from impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes.

Milligrams/deciliter or commonly abbreviated as mg/DL is a unit for blood sugar levels that are used in General in the United States. Just the normal blood sugar is:

• 80-110 mg/DL before meals.
• 80-140 mg/DL after meal (checked exactly two hours after a meal).

 Measure the sugar in the blood of sufferer of impaired glucose tolarence is:

• 108-126 mg/DL before meals.
• 142-199 mg/DL after meal (checked exactly two hours after a meal).

Lifestyle changes will be recommended if the test results indicate you suffer from impaired glucoses tolerance. The doctor may also give you medicine to lower your blood sugar levels.

A measure of blood sugar for diabetics is:

• More than 126 mg/DL before meals.
• More than 198 mg/DL after meal (checked exactly two hours after a meal).

If the test result indicate you have diabetes, your doctor will usually give you medicine to lower and maintain balance your blood sugar levels.