High Sugar Levels, AC1 Dropped. On Exercise And Diet. Opinion On Results?

Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2012

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Question : Hi, I am type 2 diagnosed with 434 sugar level 2 years back. I was on oral medication for 8 months and then my A1C dropped to 4.8% and gradually my medications came down to nill. From one year I am controlling with exercise and diet. My A1C had been 6.6,5.8,5.8, last one year, but last three months I had lots of sugar free ice creams and my a1 c was 7.8.

The below r my sugar levels for 20 days:

Dear Dr XXXXXXX

Than you for the reply. The below are the readings from past 20 days.

26/05- f- 143,after morning gym-131,2hrs-167
27/05-f-131
28/05-f-116
29/05-f-141, 2hr-113
30/05-f-115
31/05-f-115,before dinner-106
01/06-f-115
02/06-f-119
03/06-f-104
04/06-after morning gym-122,2hrs- lunch-158
05/06-f-116,before dinner-88
06/06-before dinner-94
07/06- before dinner-92
08/06-2 hrs post dinner- 107
11/06-2 hrs post lunch- 142
12/06-f-106,2 hrs post lunch-121
15/06-3.5 hrs of eating-100
16/06-f-128

Regards
XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta (1 hour later)

Hello
After going through your reports I feel that your sugar levels are definitely slightly deranged.
To prevent longterm micro as well as macro complications,your sugar levels should be tightly controlled.
I advocate use of medicine like METFORMIN 500 mg twice daily.
Talk to your physician regarding this.
Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar