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<blockquote data-quote="Taz786" data-source="post: 2377869" data-attributes="member: 540065"><p>Hi All,</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 6 months ago. My HbA1C was 54 mmol/mol at that time and my weight was 73kg with BMI of 23.</p><p></p><p>Since then I have made siginicant life changes including low carb diet, smaller portions, daily excersie, regular checking of glucose readings (3 to 4 times a day). I have lost ~7kg weight, My glucose readings after 2 hours of a meal always been below 6, fasting readings always around low 4 and before meals generally between 4 to 5.5 or so. The glucose readings were tracked with mySugr app, and this was predicting an A1C of 5.0% or 31 mmol/mol.</p><p></p><p>However, I went for 6 month test and was surprised to receive the result of 49 mmol/mol. I was very surprised with this as I had eaten less than 50g of carbs a day for 6 months , no sweet treats, regular exercise, weight loss and so on and literally no difference in my HbA1C reading!!!</p><p></p><p>Then I used a Freestyle Libre 2 sensor to monitor the glucose continuously rather than spot checks with finger readings. With no surprise my continuously measurements are measuring an average of 5.1 over 14 days, with hardly any spikes over 7.8, and estimated A1C of 29 mmol/mol......</p><p></p><p>Has anyone else had similar situation where the HbA1c test is coming much higher than the finger prick readings or continuous glucose monitoring device such as Freestyle Libre?</p><p></p><p>I am questioning if I have another underlying health condition that is creating the high HbA1C reading?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taz786, post: 2377869, member: 540065"] Hi All, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 6 months ago. My HbA1C was 54 mmol/mol at that time and my weight was 73kg with BMI of 23. Since then I have made siginicant life changes including low carb diet, smaller portions, daily excersie, regular checking of glucose readings (3 to 4 times a day). I have lost ~7kg weight, My glucose readings after 2 hours of a meal always been below 6, fasting readings always around low 4 and before meals generally between 4 to 5.5 or so. The glucose readings were tracked with mySugr app, and this was predicting an A1C of 5.0% or 31 mmol/mol. However, I went for 6 month test and was surprised to receive the result of 49 mmol/mol. I was very surprised with this as I had eaten less than 50g of carbs a day for 6 months , no sweet treats, regular exercise, weight loss and so on and literally no difference in my HbA1C reading!!! Then I used a Freestyle Libre 2 sensor to monitor the glucose continuously rather than spot checks with finger readings. With no surprise my continuously measurements are measuring an average of 5.1 over 14 days, with hardly any spikes over 7.8, and estimated A1C of 29 mmol/mol...... Has anyone else had similar situation where the HbA1c test is coming much higher than the finger prick readings or continuous glucose monitoring device such as Freestyle Libre? I am questioning if I have another underlying health condition that is creating the high HbA1C reading? [/QUOTE]
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