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Is Moderate Carb Diet Advisable For High A1C Test Result?
our pediatrician for our 15 yr. old has tested blood work for my son three times and the A1c is ranging high according to the index .....last test it was 5.9, before that 6.2, we have him on a moderate carb diet. This driving all of us nuts.....doesn t his age and hrmone production have anything to do with this? Is our doctor overreacting? Help.
Mon, 19 Jun 2017
Hello,
The American Diabetes Association has now recommended that children under the age of 19 diagnosed with type 1 diabetes level of A1C should be maintained lower than 7.5%. Higher levels of A1C are associated with more complications. Your pediatrician is correct in striving to maintain low level of A1C and should continue medications and diet as advised by him.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Khan Shoeb Mohammad Sher Mohammad
The American Diabetes Association has now recommended that children under the age of 19 diagnosed with type 1 diabetes level of A1C should be maintained lower than 7.5%. Higher levels of A1C are associated with more complications. Your pediatrician is correct in striving to maintain low level of A1C and should continue medications and diet as advised by him.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Khan Shoeb Mohammad Sher Mohammad
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