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Sugar Level Testing

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Noozes

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Hi. I'm new here! I had gestational diabetes and gave birth last October. If I was to use my Accu Check blood sugar tester would it tell me if I was currently diabetic?
 
It would tell you if your blood sugar levels are currently in the normal range or not. If they were above normal it could be an indicator that further investigation was needed.
 
I would expect a non diabetic to be below that. Maybe check in the mornings for a few days and see if its always around. If so it could indicate you are heading towards diabetes in some form.

It's not dangerously high though and I would suspect you could control it with diet only. But you could be a non-diabetic, I'm no doctor!
 
5.9 puts you right at the top end of what they class as "normal". 6.0-6.9 they class as Pre-diabetes. 7 or over as diabetic (of course a glucose tolerance test would then confirm for certain).

I'd try a few mornings as you have had a high end of normal reading.
 
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