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Irresponsible HbA1c conversion tool

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sladkiy

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I was using your HbA1c converter tool on the website when I noticed that underneath there was an indicator of how good the reading was, Green for good, amber and red. My reading of 49 mmol/mol IFCC came out as borderline amber/green.

I wondered how low I needed to get it in order for it to register as "good". According to your converter about the greenest value I could hope for would be 20 mmol/mol(IFCC) equivalent to a blood glucose reading of 3.8 mmol/L. I think you should know that it is very dangerous of you to imply that this reading is a good target to aim for. Diabetics are much more likely than non-diabetics to show fluctuations in blood sugar levels. Any diabetic who manged to produce an average blood sugar level of less than 4 mmol/L would be almost certain to experiencing hypos. And would certainly not be safe to drive. The DVLA might have something to say about it. Please change it.
 
Hey Sladkiy, I've passed your concerns on to the relevant parties and hopefully we can get that fixed asap.
 
sladkiy said:
I was using your HbA1c converter tool on the website when I noticed that underneath there was an indicator of how good the reading was, Green for good, amber and red. My reading of 49 mmol/mol IFCC came out as borderline amber/green.

I wondered how low I needed to get it in order for it to register as "good". According to your converter about the greenest value I could hope for would be 20 mmol/mol(IFCC) equivalent to a blood glucose reading of 3.8 mmol/L. I think you should know that it is very dangerous of you to imply that this reading is a good target to aim for. Diabetics are much more likely than non-diabetics to show fluctuations in blood sugar levels. Any diabetic who manged to produce an average blood sugar level of less than 4 mmol/L would be almost certain to experiencing hypos. And would certainly not be safe to drive. The DVLA might have something to say about it. Please change it.
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If you are not on insulin or hypo inducing oral meds then the closest to non-diabetic BG's the better IMO-my Hba1c is 31 mmol and i don't suffer from hypo's and I'm on insulin-I just have great control through VLC dieting and a small amount of injected insulin.
 
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