Showing posts with label diagnostic methods. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 29, 2018

What are the diagnostic methods for diabetes?

Diagnosis of diabetes is generally not difficult, fasting blood glucose greater than or equal to 7.0 mmol / liter, and / or two hours after the meal, blood glucose greater than or equal to 11.1 mmol / liter can be diagnosed. To diagnose after diagnosis of diabetes:
What are the diagnostic methods for diabetes?

Type 1.1 diabetes
The age of onset is light, mostly <30 years old, sudden onset, polydipsia, polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss, high blood sugar levels, many patients with ketoacidosis as the first symptom, serum insulin and C-peptide levels are low, ICA, IAA Or GAD antibodies can be positive. Oral medication alone is not effective and requires insulin therapy.

Type 2.2 diabetes
Common in middle-aged and elderly people, obesity has a high incidence, often accompanied by high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, arteriosclerosis and other diseases. Insidious onset, no symptoms in the early stage, or only mild fatigue, thirst, blood sugar is not obvious, need to do a glucose tolerance test to confirm the diagnosis. Serum insulin levels are normal or elevated early and are low in the late stage.