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HBA1C

I would say it is a very good figure
what was your previous figure ?
 
Absolutely it’s good. Normal 20 - 41, whatever you’re doing, keep doing it! Well done!
 
that figure is better than a lottery win , well done ,carry on doing what you are doing
 
Wenz said:
Hello. My results came through today with my HBA1c reading at 38. Is this a good number to be at. Didn’t speak to the Diabetes team, but the GP’s receptionist gave me the figures.

Thank you
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It's a good number depending how you arrived at it.
Hba1c tells you something about your average blood glucose during the past 3 months.
According to your profile, you're on insulin, which can cause low BG, is this still correct?

So an hba1c of 38 can be the result of nicely stable BG not going above 8-10 or under 4 too often or too far, or it can be the result of wide swings where you go from very low hypos to well over 10 all the time, or anything in the middle.

Do you use a CGM or regular fingerpricks throughout the day to see what your BG is doing?

If you're mostly in range, 38 is a brilliant number, but if hypos and hypers are evening out your average, you might want to run a bit higher to prevent dangerous hypos.
 
38 is an excellent HbA1c result, so congratulations on that.

As others have said, the important thing is that it has been achieved without lots of hypos. If your blood sugars are generally stable and you're spending most of your time in range, then you're doing really well.

Keep up the good work!
 
Could I ask what your time in range is ? like others have said if it means you're having lots of lows that's not so good , I remember my Dr telling me when my HbA1c dropped to 46 that it was too low and I need to relax my control a bit
 
jaywak said:
Could I ask what your time in range is ? like others have said if it means you're having lots of lows that's not so good , I remember my Dr telling me when my HbA1c dropped to 46 that it was too low and I need to relax my control a bit
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My most recent was 44; my diabetes team have said they'd prefer it to be 55 (!).
 
Wenz said:
Hello. My results came through today with my HBA1c reading at 38. Is this a good number to be at. Didn’t speak to the Diabetes team, but the GP’s receptionist gave me the figures.

Thank you
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It's a good reading. Threshold for diabetes is 48 mmol/l.
 
Attaching a graph that shows the distribution of HbA1c in a non-diabetic population. Most people are around 37/38. Obviously your result depends on your medications, but it should mean that you won't be getting any high BG complications.
 

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