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High hba1c

Donna85 said:
Strangely enough I feel absolutely fine, apart from the day to day diabetes symptoms, could this be a wrong reading?
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It certainly could be, as @Hopeful34 said I would check with a glucometer, but what do you mean by day to day diabetic symptoms?
 
Urinating alot, headaches, extreme thirst, tiredness. This reading is from a finger prick test. How accurate are they generally?
 
Donna85 said:
This reading is from a finger prick test. How accurate are they generally?
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Finger prick tests are usually pretty accurate, unless there's something sweet on your finger.

What is your blood glucose right now?
If it's still in the twenties I'd call 111 for advice.
 
In future if you get such a high reading, i'd suggest washing your hands and repeating the test just in case you've got a bad test strip. Also checking your test strips are in date? Meters have to be accurate to within +/-15%.

As @Antje77 says if your readings are still very high, please get medical advice.
 
Did you have antibody tests for T1? Are you checking ketones too?

All your symptoms are very familiar to me; my sister had a whopping high HbA1c too, but zero antibodies following a spell on antibiotics, then covid and a 'Christmas' diet. There are many 'causes', I hope they get to the route of yours asap.
 
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