Sign-in to Ask A Doctor - 24x7
OR
Sign in with Google
Suggest Ways To Avoid Diabetes
Posted on
Mon, 25 Jan 2016
Medically reviewed by
Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team
Mon, 25 Jan 2016
Answered on
Fri, 11 Mar 2016
Last reviewed on
Question : Am i pre-diabetic; and, if so, what should i do to try to avoid diabetes type 2?
Can you please help in answering the above questions?
One doctor replied to my first question: that i am probably pre-diabetic; another doctor thinks i am not pre-diabetic.
I am happy to try to answer any detailed questions you may have which will aid in achieving an accurate diagnosis, etc.
Can you please help in answering the above questions?
One doctor replied to my first question: that i am probably pre-diabetic; another doctor thinks i am not pre-diabetic.
I am happy to try to answer any detailed questions you may have which will aid in achieving an accurate diagnosis, etc.
Brief Answer:
there are certain criteria for the diagnosis
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
prediabetes means that either your fasting or your post-prandial glucose levels rise to higher than normal values but not enough to diagnose diabetes mellitus. To be more specific, anything more than 100mg/dL (and lower than 126mg/dL) means pre-diabetes in fasting glucose measurements. 140-199mg/dL means pre-diabetes in 2-hour post-prandial measurements or in the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). If you've done an OGTT and you have more than 200mg/dL 2 hours after drinking the glucose drink then you've got diabetes.
In order to slow down the metabolic consequences you've got to do the following:
- maintain a healthy body weight.
- adopt a healthy diet, avoiding food that makes you fat (particularly saturated trans-fat), eating enough fiber.
- increasing your physical activity. Since you're 76 you should consult your cardiologist for anything else besides walking.
Unfortunately there is no drug indicated to slow down diabetes.
Contact me for any further query you may have.
Kind Regards!
there are certain criteria for the diagnosis
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
prediabetes means that either your fasting or your post-prandial glucose levels rise to higher than normal values but not enough to diagnose diabetes mellitus. To be more specific, anything more than 100mg/dL (and lower than 126mg/dL) means pre-diabetes in fasting glucose measurements. 140-199mg/dL means pre-diabetes in 2-hour post-prandial measurements or in the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). If you've done an OGTT and you have more than 200mg/dL 2 hours after drinking the glucose drink then you've got diabetes.
In order to slow down the metabolic consequences you've got to do the following:
- maintain a healthy body weight.
- adopt a healthy diet, avoiding food that makes you fat (particularly saturated trans-fat), eating enough fiber.
- increasing your physical activity. Since you're 76 you should consult your cardiologist for anything else besides walking.
Unfortunately there is no drug indicated to slow down diabetes.
Contact me for any further query you may have.
Kind Regards!
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Get personalised answers from verified doctor in minutes across 80+ specialties
