Help with Numbers

Hi welcome I'm sorry I don't know how to convert the figures into ones that I understand, but someone who does will be along soon I'm sure. I just wanted to say welcome!

Hello and welcome.

In the UK we use a different measurement unit. We use mmol/l rather than your mg/dL. There is a conversion tool here http://www.soc-bdr.org/rds/authors/...version_glucose_mg_dl_to_mmol_l/index_en.html

Your reading of 55mg/dL equates to 3mmol/l which is low.

Hi and welcome.

To convert from mg/dl to mmol/l divide the first by 18.

Anything below 70mg/dl is lower than normal. Have something sweet to increase your level such as some normal cola or similar non diet drink.

I expect you are feeling weak and anxious. Did you do any exercise while on an empty stomach or are you on any medication,

With those numbers you are not diabetic. As was said before, your 55 was very low, and I mean very low. The 73 is also low.

Why are you doing this?

I am curious as to how you managed to end up with such a low glucose level (53mg/dl is dangerously low)?

Why did you feel the need to get a glucose meter in the first place.

At the risk of being rude, could I ask what your current weight is and what your typical day's diet is like?

When and what was your last meal?

Your glucose levels suggest that you are not diabetic but that you are putting your health at risk in some way.

Pavlos

Yes I am a little concerned too, a bit more information would be good

Hi and welcome @Johanba

It would help us if you told us some more information.

Are you diabetic? Or prediabetic?
Has your doctor told you to test your blood glucose?

And

What did you eat today? When?
What time did you test your blood glucose today?

The more information you tell us, the more advice we can give.

pavlosn said:

I am curious as to how you managed to end up with such a low glucose level (53mg/dl is dangerously low)?

Why did you feel the need to get a glucose meter in the first place.

At the risk of being rude, could I ask what your current weight is and what your typical day's diet is like?

When and what was your last meal?

Your glucose levels suggest that you are not diabetic but that you are putting your health at risk in some way.

Pavlos

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OP isn't a diabetic on insulin etc., so although low, 3 isn't dangerous for hypo coma, but OP should see a Dr

jack412 said:

OP isn't a diabetic on insulin etc., so although low 3 isn't dangerous

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Still like to know how he managed to get so low, as that may involve behavior which is a hazard to his health, even if a solitary 3 reading should not be as you say a danger to non diabetics.

Why would a non diabetic even bother to buy a glucose monitor in the first place?

There is something about the OP's original post that makes me concerned, that feels odd somehow.

I hope he comes back and puts me straight.

Pavlos

Op might come back but normal starts at 3.5 eu numbers for non-diabetics
Op might have had damp fingers, the second test was ok around 73 usa

There are various things that can make someone who is not diabetic go hypo such as a tumour – very often benign – in the insulin-producing pancreas. A disease in the adrenal glands (Addison's disease), even a weakened pituitary gland, a severe reduction in liver function and sometimes cancer, fasting, malnutrition and following alcohol ingestion.

There is also something called which is possibly the most common reason for hypoglycaemia in non-diabetics but is often overdiagnosed. This form of hypoglycaemia is probably caused by an overproduction of insulin from the pancreas after a large meal with a lot of carbohydrates. The insulin can still be detected even after several hours, although the level should be back to normal at this time. This condition is probably most common in overweight people and those with Type 2 diabetes, where the large demand for insulin can sometimes cause too much insulin to be produced in the pancreas. There is some evidence to suggest that reactive hypoglycaemia can precede Type 2 diabetes.

The OP is not a diabetic yet chose to get a glucose meter and start self testing. Having done so, the very first reading turns out to be very low.

Coincidence or is the person knowingly doing something that is affecting his glucose levels?

In responding to the original enquiry did I unwittingly assist someone to carry on possibly abusive behavior?