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Prediabetes
What is Prediabetes?
In prediabetes, the body is not able to use insulin effectively, leading to high levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood.
Overview
Prediabetes is often a precursor to type 2 diabetes, which is a chronic condition in which the body is unable to produce or use insulin effectively. However, with lifestyle changes, such as losing weight, increasing physical activity, and adopting a healthy diet, prediabetes can often be reversed, and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes can be significantly reduced.
- Kidney Disease
- Blindness
- High Blood Pressure
- Nerve Problems (Peripheral Neuropathy)
- Loss of a Limb (Amputation)
What are the complications that Prediabetes will lead to?
Without treatment, prediabetes can become type 2 diabetes or cause other serious problems including:Signs & Symptoms
If you experience symptoms, you may observe that:
You’re a lot thirstier than usual
Frequent Urination
Blurry Vision
Tiredness
Prediabetes Causes and Risk Factors
You’re more likely to get prediabetes if you:
- Are older, especially over age 45
- Have a waist that is greater than 40 inches in circumference for men and 35 inches in circumference for women
- Consume a lot of red and processed meat, sugary drinks, and little to no fruit, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, or extra virgin olive oil
- Have excess weight, especially in your midsection (belly fat), making you overweight or obese
- Have high cholesterol, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, and high LDL cholesterol
- No physical activity
- Experienced gestational diabetes before or gave birth to a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds.
- Have polycystic ovary syndrome
- Have a sleep problem, like sleep apnea, or work changing shifts or night shifts
How to prevent Prediabetes?
Exercising and eating foods low in carbohydrates, sugars, fats, and salt can also help prevent prediabetes. Other tips include:
- Don’t smoke.
- Don’t have more than one alcoholic drink a day.
- Take blood sugar medications as your doctor prescribes.
Children and Prediabetes Testing
Doctors diagnose prediabetes based on the same blood sugar levels, no matter the person’s age. According to the American Diabetes Association Children who are 10 or older and are overweight or obese, should be checked including the following:
- A family member with type 2 diabetes
- A mother who had gestational diabetes while pregnant with the child
Signs of insulin resistance or conditions linked to it, such as a low birth weight, high blood pressure, or polycystic ovary syndrome
If a child who has a high chance of getting prediabetes has normal test results, the American Diabetes Association advises testing them again at least every 3 years.
Tests and Diagnosis
Fasting Plasma glucose test
Fasting of 8 hours is required, to take your blood to test sugar levels.
The results are following:
If your blood sugar is less than 100 mg/dL, it is considered to be normal
If your blood sugar is between 100 and 125 mg/dL, you may have prediabetes
If it is 126 mg/dL or higher, you may have diabetes
Oral glucose tolerance test
You will first have a fasting plasma glucose test. Then sip on something sweet. After 2 hours more blood will be drawn for further test
The results are:
Normal if your blood sugar after the second test is less than 140 mg/dL
Prediabetes if your blood sugar after the second test ranges from 140 to 199 mg/dL
Diabetes if your blood sugar after the second test is 200 mg/dL or above
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