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Hba1c Three Months Diagnosed

sofs888

sofs888

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
Hello everyone,

It's been exactly 3 months since I had my hbA1c that diagnosed me with type 1, when I was diagnosed it was 11.3%/100.

I had another a1c exactly three months after and the results have come back today at 7.3%/56.

Please could someone explain what this shows in regards to my control and levels etc over my first few months!?

My DSN said it was gold star material but I still don't really understand what"good" and "bad" numbers are in terms of HbA1cs and what the blood test shows!

Thank you :)
 
It is a fantastic improvement, remarkable in such a short space of time. Well done You!
 
You know how the HbA1c works?

That it shows your control over a three month period.

It shows that you have a very good control over your diabetes, so that is a mix of food intake and insulin dosage.

100 is a bad number it means that you have way too much sugar in your system. 56 is an 'ideal' figure to be as it means that you will have less of a chance of complications later on :)

Also to put in context a none diabetic person would have an HbA1c of below 45 (I think that right)

But after 3 months that is a very good achievement.
 
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It's not really a measure of control, as you can have a "good" A1C score that actually (hides) averages out lots of high and lows, but it is a good indicator of average blood sugar over 2 to 3 months or so.

Your 56 A1C translates as an average finger stick reading of 9.0 - very good for now as from such high's 3 months ago you don't want a rapid descent (can cause issues). And your 56 score will partly still be taking your higher bloods from 2 to 3 months ago in its average.

But longer term guidelines are to be below 48 A1C (average fingerstick of 7.8).
https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/stricter-blood-glucose-targets-for-people-with-diabetes

A non diabetic is 42 (average fingerstick of 7.0) or lower - with a CGM (libre, dexcom) many of us find that possible nowadays. The challenge is to run lower but avoid hypos (fingerstick of less than 4.0).

But 3 months in - very good.

Read this - https://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html

And have a play with this - https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html
 
Thank you all for your replies! That's great to know that I'm doing well and let's hope I can keep it up thank you @Draco16 for the links will definitely look into them!
 
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