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<blockquote data-quote="pleinster" data-source="post: 1511171" data-attributes="member: 221545"><p>Hi. Everything [USER=32394]@catapillar[/USER] says above makes total sense. As she says, a random test result of over 11mmols would be required to be indicative of diabetes..but one result says very little (and 8.8mmols tells us next to nothing on its own). I would only add that as a Type 2, I test myself before and after my main meal pretty much every day. If I test inside 2 hours after eating I will see a spike depending on what I eat...but it is only after two hours, maybe two and half that I will see the real impact of what I have eaten because that is when it is fairly normal for blood sugar levels to have come back down a bit..closer to the pre-meal level. I will know I have eaten too many carbohydrates or sugar if there is a bigger gap (eg. 5mmols before and 7mmols about 2 hours after is ok but if it was up at say 8mmols two or three hours later that would be something for me to address...particularly if this was more than a one off). So an ice cream an hour before your wee daughter was tested would push things up a bit...but would probably be back down again an hour later. 8.8 two hours after eating would be more of a concern. That said, one reading on its own doesn't really tell us much at all. Hopefully the blood test (probably an HbA1c test..which doesn't just test the blood at a given moment but gives the average level over the preceding three months) will show that she is not diabetic. Normal levels are between 4mmols and 7mmols but some non-diabetics can get readings above that particularly an hours or so after eating...maybe an ice cream. Hopefully, something else..something very minor...is behind her thirst and lack of energy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pleinster, post: 1511171, member: 221545"] Hi. Everything [USER=32394]@catapillar[/USER] says above makes total sense. As she says, a random test result of over 11mmols would be required to be indicative of diabetes..but one result says very little (and 8.8mmols tells us next to nothing on its own). I would only add that as a Type 2, I test myself before and after my main meal pretty much every day. If I test inside 2 hours after eating I will see a spike depending on what I eat...but it is only after two hours, maybe two and half that I will see the real impact of what I have eaten because that is when it is fairly normal for blood sugar levels to have come back down a bit..closer to the pre-meal level. I will know I have eaten too many carbohydrates or sugar if there is a bigger gap (eg. 5mmols before and 7mmols about 2 hours after is ok but if it was up at say 8mmols two or three hours later that would be something for me to address...particularly if this was more than a one off). So an ice cream an hour before your wee daughter was tested would push things up a bit...but would probably be back down again an hour later. 8.8 two hours after eating would be more of a concern. That said, one reading on its own doesn't really tell us much at all. Hopefully the blood test (probably an HbA1c test..which doesn't just test the blood at a given moment but gives the average level over the preceding three months) will show that she is not diabetic. Normal levels are between 4mmols and 7mmols but some non-diabetics can get readings above that particularly an hours or so after eating...maybe an ice cream. Hopefully, something else..something very minor...is behind her thirst and lack of energy. [/QUOTE]
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