Hemoglobin

[Alexa89]

Hello there. I am a little but confused about my Hemoglobin readings. It was 58, not sure what does it means as the readings I'm used to are different now. Anyone knows if that's okay? Thank you

 

[himtoo]

Hi @Alexa89
welcome to the forum
i think you might be referring to HbA1c and a couple of years ago they changed the measuring.
here is a convertor to give the 58 a percentage number http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html

hope this helps

 

[Alexa89]

Hi @Alexa89
welcome to the forum
i think you might be referring to HbA1c and a couple of years ago they changed the measuring.
here is a convertor to give the 58 a percentage number http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html

hope this helps

Thank you. So the 58 reading is in mmol/mol? Sorry I am a bit confused about it and my doctor couldn't really explain it to me

 

[himtoo]

yes and that equals a 7.5% HbA1c ( in the older style of measurement. )

7.5% would be a bit high for my liking but it is not a bad result.

 

[JohnEGreen]

Yes HbA1c is a compound produced by the reaction of oxygen as carried by Haemoglobin and Glucose within a red blood cell when the blood cells die they break down and release the HbA1c into the blood plasma and its the amount of this in the plasma that is indicative of the level of glucose over a period of time 2 to three months the average live span of a blood cell I believe.

 

[Alexa89]

yes and that equals a 7.5% HbA1c ( in the older style of measurement. )

7.5% would be a bit high for my liking but it is not a bad result.

Thank you very much. It is a bit high for my liking too, gotta work on it

 

[himtoo]

Thank you very much. It is a bit high for my liking too, gotta work on it

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