Diabetes symptom and laboratory test

The symptom include:
1) Excessive thirst
2) Extreme hunger
3) Frequent urination
4) Unexplained weight loss
5) Fatigue
6) Irritability
7) Blurred vision
8) Slow-healing wound
9) Frequent infection eg. Those effecting the gums,skin,vagina or bladder
10) Numbness or a burning sensation in the limbs
11) Pruritus vulva (genital itching)


Laboratory Tests

1) Fasting bloog glucose level test
- after an overnight fast
- normal levels are 6.0mmol/L or less
- above 6.0mmol/L a sign of diabetes
- between 6.0 - 7.0mmol/L --> pre-diabetes

2) Oral glucose tolorence test
- after an overnight fast, a high sugar fluid is consumed and a blood test done two hours later to check sugar level in the blood.
- normal --> <7.8mmol/L
- diabetes --> above 11.1mmol/L
- pre-diabetes --> between 7.8 - 11.1 mmol/L
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