Non-Diabetic?!
Question: If a non-diabetic has a suger reading of 306-276 3hours after eating real sugary doughnuts. Is this bad?
Answers: If a non-diabetic has a suger reading of 306-276 3hours after eating real sugary doughnuts. Is this bad?
Blood sugar levels constantly shift, even in non-diabetics. The difference is that non-diabetic blood sugars are expected to stay within a defined range. Fasting blood sugars are under 100 mg/dl in non-diabetics. Random blood sugar levels after eating in non-diabetic persons will be under 200 mg/dl. Two hours after a meal, they should be under 140 mg/dl.
The greatest value of self blood sugar monitoring is in looking at the patterns of your own readings. To do that, your information needs to be organized. That means recorded in a form you can look at. Typically, that means a log book or some other written form. Scrolling through the memory of the meter will not help. Sometimes excel spreadsheet can ve used.Whatever method you use, having the information organized in a way we can analyze it for trends and patterns is what matters most.
A log book or spreadsheet should allow to place the results on the page where you can look over a period of days to weeks. Performing an average value of the readings at a given time of day is important. For example, all blood sugars collected before breakfast can be lined up to look for a pattern that may need you or your doctor's attention. Better yet, the average reading for the past one or two weeks for all the before breakfast readings can tell you if your control is generally all right or not.
Individualized target blood sugar levels are best discussed between you and your doctor. Target blood sugars depend on the time of day and how long after eating you check.
Many adults may try to achieve a fasting blood sugar of 120 mg/dl or lower. Blood sugars collected two hours after eating may aim to be at least 180 mg/dl or lower, but not too low. Know that if these targets can be met at least 75 percent of the time, the person is doing a very admirable job. Setting too high an expectation does nothing more than increase your frustration. When setting a target range for blood sugars, have realistic expectations.
One general rule of self blood sugar analysis is to strive to start the day with mostly in-range readings. If morning fasting blood sugars are consistently above your individual target range, this suggests a change in your management may be needed. What may need changing depends on factors including medications you may take; what, when and how much you last ate; and your activity level. A fourth consideration is how consistent you are with your self care. If you have a habit of delaying or skipping meals and snacks, take your medications irregularly or have an erratic schedule, then you may have wide swings in blood sugars that reflect this inconsistency.
So, one way to improve your overall control is to take consistent care of your diabetes. In general, if you can take a serious look at your own readings, organized in a readable format, at least every two weeks you are doing a great job in trying to stay in the best diabetes control possible.
When you find a trend in your blood sugar readings, you can take steps to correct issues. No one can take better care of your diabetes than you.
Every day is a new for the diabetic and he learns everyday.
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Good God, get yourself to a doctor. I have been diagnosed as borderline diabetic and mine was 130. My doc told me that anything over 100 is bad.
Get a doctors appointment for as soon as possible. In the mean time, stay away from sugar and carbs Here is a guide that comes from one of the many books on diabetes
fasting blood sugar
110 is excellent
140 is acceptable
180 is fair
Blood sugar reading 2 hours after meals are as follows
140 is excellent
180 is acceptable
235 is fair
Anybody who has a BG reading of 276 to 306 is definately NOT non-diabetic. See a Dr. right away
This is straight from my doctor. He said anytime ones blood glucose goes to 150 or over at fasting or after two hours of eating, that person is a diabetic.
Yes your reading is bad. You need to go to your doctor and have test run, especially an A1C test to see how your blood glucose has been running for the last three months. This is a simple blood test and doesn't take long at all. And lay off the doughnuts ok? At least till you see your doctor.
Good luck. I sure hope you findout that you are not a diabetic. You sound like you are with readings that high.
Normal blood glucose should be between 60 - 120.