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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 694792" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Thanks for the youtube explanation of hbA1c [USER=12578]@phoenix[/USER]. That explains it much better than I ever could. I think that would make a useful sticky actually.</p><p></p><p>[USER=113749]@LucySW[/USER] - in the 5 years I've had diabetes, I've only met one consultant that actually understands what an HbA1c is and acknowledges that it is not an average. If you take your Libre readings and simply average them, the average will be brought down by hypos and low BGs, but an HbA1c is not brought down as such by hypos and low BGs - it just doesn't get any higher. As we all glycate (is that a word?) at different rates, we simply don't know at what BG levels we start getting higher than normal amounts of glucose stuck to our red blood cells - for me it might be 5mmol, for you it might 7mmol and for someone else it might be 3mmol - so to assume we are hypo'ing because we have a low HbA1c is bonkers. All it means is that our BG was low enough over a an unknown period of time (but somewhere around 1 - 2 months) that our red blood cells didn't attract too much glucose - but 'low enough' for you and I might be wholly different.</p><p></p><p>Sorry about your hospital experience BTW - it seems to be a common issue!</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 694792, member: 29301"] Thanks for the youtube explanation of hbA1c [USER=12578]@phoenix[/USER]. That explains it much better than I ever could. I think that would make a useful sticky actually. [USER=113749]@LucySW[/USER] - in the 5 years I've had diabetes, I've only met one consultant that actually understands what an HbA1c is and acknowledges that it is not an average. If you take your Libre readings and simply average them, the average will be brought down by hypos and low BGs, but an HbA1c is not brought down as such by hypos and low BGs - it just doesn't get any higher. As we all glycate (is that a word?) at different rates, we simply don't know at what BG levels we start getting higher than normal amounts of glucose stuck to our red blood cells - for me it might be 5mmol, for you it might 7mmol and for someone else it might be 3mmol - so to assume we are hypo'ing because we have a low HbA1c is bonkers. All it means is that our BG was low enough over a an unknown period of time (but somewhere around 1 - 2 months) that our red blood cells didn't attract too much glucose - but 'low enough' for you and I might be wholly different. Sorry about your hospital experience BTW - it seems to be a common issue! Smidge [/QUOTE]
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