Diagnosis of Diabetes

Many times, it happens that person may not know that he/she is suffering from diabetes. In diabetes, the patient may not show any symptoms. Therefore, it becomes quite difficult to know whether a person is suffering from diabetes or not.

Who needs diagnosis?

In your family, if there is any close relative like brother, sister or parents are diabetic. Then you need to do a blood test for the detection of sugar level.
If, you are not physically active
Blood pressure is exceeding 140/90 mmHg or more
Reproductive problem in females like polycystic ovary
Having rashes on the skin and neck
If you have problems related to the heart, blood pressure or blood vessels
Family history of heart attack, blood pressure or diabetes
If, you are overweight or obese

Why diagnosis is necessary?

Diagnosis for any kind of disease is necessary to give correct treatment
Regular blood sugar check up for diabetes patient is needed for continuing or replacing the treatment
According to sugar level you can adjust your diet, medicines as well as exercise

The patient shows symptoms when

The function of the pancreas has stopped or is disturbed
Body does not give response to insulin
Enough amount of insulin is not available

Testes for diagnosis of diabetes

For diagnosing diabetes, following are the standard testes for diagnosing diabetes

Fasting blood glucose

This test is taken when a person hasn't had food or drinks (except water) eight to ten hours back
Mostly, in the morning, blood of the patient is collected for testing
In fasting, if the range of the sugar level in blood is 126mg/dl or more, then a person is suffering from diabetes
70 to 110 mg/dl is the fasting level for a person who is not suffering from diabetes
This is a common test mostly used for diagnosing the sugar level in the blood

Blood glucose

Level of glucose in the blood is tested for diagnosis of diabetes
There is no need of fasting for this test
If a person has glucose level of more than 200mg/dl, then it confirms that a person is suffering from diabetes
For urgent sugar level detection this test is performed
This test is very easy and result can be drawn within few minutes
From this test the sugar level along with the level of insulin is detected

Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

In this test a person is asked to drink something sweet
After drinking sweet or sugary drink, it is observed how insulin in your body can manage the glucose
In this test before drinking, glucose level is measured
After two hours of drinking, glucose level is measured after every half an hour
In a normal person, the blood sugar level increases and decreases after some time
Normally, insulin is synthesized by pancreas, which reduces sugar level in the blood
If, the patient is diabetic then the blood sugar level increases and remains constant
In the blood, insulin is absent or not functioning properly, therefore the sugar level does not show any decrease