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If I think I might have diabetes, what are the best screening tests to get?
To diagnose diabetes officially, you need to have your blood tested two separate times. If your blood glucose is taken after a ten-hour overnight fast and is higher than 125 mg/dL (6.9 mmol/L) on two occasions, then you have diabetes.
admin | Jan 09, 2011 | Comments 0
How does pregnancy cause diabetes that goes away after the baby is born?
When a woman is pregnant, her body needs to make enough insulin
to support her extra weight and her growing baby. By the time a
woman is in her last three months of pregnancy, her body will need
to make between three and four times as much insulin as it did before she became pregnant.
admin | Jan 03, 2011 | Comments 0