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<blockquote data-quote="ert" data-source="post: 2630625" data-attributes="member: 504712"><p>In the UK, if your HbA1c level is between 42mmol/mol (6%) – 47mmol/mol (6.4%) this means it is higher than normal and you are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Your HbA1c level is below this level. However, if you are still worried, instead of a urine sugar test (it can be normal to have a small amount of sugar in your urine) an occasional morning fasting finger prick test would be more accurate in helping you see if your blood sugars are elevated and out of the normal range. A finger prick test would also help you see what meals/foods/combinations of foods/exercise elevates your blood sugar if you finger prick before a meal and two hours afterwards. Hopefully having this blood data may be more reassuring than a urine test. A lot of my colleagues are using the Zoe Health Study test for similar data where they wear a glucose sensor (similar to a Libre sensor) for two weeks.</p><p></p><p>My sister had gestational diabetes during her pregnancies and was worried that as I had type 1 diabetes it would mean that she would be more likely to develop diabetes. She remains diabetes free, and although no longer worried, but she does sign up for a HbA1c every few years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ert, post: 2630625, member: 504712"] In the UK, if your HbA1c level is between 42mmol/mol (6%) – 47mmol/mol (6.4%) this means it is higher than normal and you are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Your HbA1c level is below this level. However, if you are still worried, instead of a urine sugar test (it can be normal to have a small amount of sugar in your urine) an occasional morning fasting finger prick test would be more accurate in helping you see if your blood sugars are elevated and out of the normal range. A finger prick test would also help you see what meals/foods/combinations of foods/exercise elevates your blood sugar if you finger prick before a meal and two hours afterwards. Hopefully having this blood data may be more reassuring than a urine test. A lot of my colleagues are using the Zoe Health Study test for similar data where they wear a glucose sensor (similar to a Libre sensor) for two weeks. My sister had gestational diabetes during her pregnancies and was worried that as I had type 1 diabetes it would mean that she would be more likely to develop diabetes. She remains diabetes free, and although no longer worried, but she does sign up for a HbA1c every few years. [/QUOTE]
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