What Causes Fasting Blood Sugar Level To Be 101?

Posted on Thu, 30 Apr 2015

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Question : I had a heavy dinner which included pistachio and dates. I checked my blood sug
ar after an hour and half it was 192. this morning the fast sugar is 101. Am I diabetic? generally my random is between 115 to 130

Answered by Dr. Divakara (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Doesn't seem lie you have Diabetes.

Detailed Answer:
HI

Thanks for posting your query.

Well Diabetes is diagnosed by three tests

1. Fasting Blood Sugars : Done after 10 hours of fasting , which is normal in your case.

2. Postprandial Blood sugars : Which is blood sugars tested 2 hours after consumption of 75g of glucose. In your case its high but you have taken heavy dinner which is not equivalent to 75g of glucose ( way higher than 75g )

3. HBA1C : Which checks average blood sugars of past 3 months.

So as of now I don't feel you are diabetic , but to be more confirmatory I recommend you to get HBA1c test done and revert back.

Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarifications feel free to ask .

Regards.

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

Follow up: Dr. Divakara (18 minutes later)

I did my hb1ac abt 4 months back and it was 5.5

Answered by Dr. Divakara (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You don't have Diabetes.

Detailed Answer:
HI

HBA1C of 5.5 is absolutely normal . Then you don't have Diabetes.

I would recommend you to repeat HBA1c after a year but definitely you are not diabetic.

Hope this answers your query.

Any clarification feel free to ask. If none kindly close the discussion and rate my answer.

Regards.

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