kitten lady - no with me i put on weight didnt no why was very tried drinking all the time very painfull leg going low shaking feeling very sick every time i eat any thing with trace of sugar Glucose tolerance test Intervention
A glucose tolerance test is a medical test in which glucose is given and blood samples taken afterward to determine how quickly it is cleared from the blood.[1] The test is usually used to test for diabetes, insulin resistance, and sometimes reactive hypoglycemia and acromegaly, or rarer disorders of carbohydrate metabolism. In the most commonly performed version of the test, an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), a standard dose of glucose is ingested by mouth and blood levels are checked two hours later. Many variations of the GTT have been devised over the years for various purposes, with different standard doses of glucose, different routes of administration, different intervals and durations of sampling, and various substances measured in addition to blood glucose it to check for diabetes 2
micksmixxx - No, my friend, it's NOT a standard test that everyone does. (It's only a standard test if the doctor suspects there MAY be a problem with glucose metabolism.) It's a test performed when the doctor is questioning whether the patient has a problem with glucose metabolism. (We would normally get glucose from the breakdown of carbohydrates that we eat or drink during the digestive process.)
Your dad will have been requested not to eat from 10 pm or midnight on Friday night. He will have blood drawn prior to the commencement of the test. This will give a "fasting" blood glucose level ... something that further blood tests would be compared against.
Dad will be given a measured amount of glucose (75 grams) in a sickly sweet drink called glucola. At hourly intervals thereafter he will have blood drawn again. When compared to the 'fasting' reading, these results will show how efficiently your dad's body copes with a sudden influx of glucose. His doctor will then be able to see whether your dad has a problem with glucose metabolism, and then decide to make a diagnosis, if one is appropriate, and see if any course of action needs to be taken.
My dad is having one on Saturday and i wanted to know if this was like a standard check up that everyone does??
kitten lady - no with me i put on weight didnt no why was very tried drinking all the time very painfull leg going low shaking feeling very sick every time i eat any thing with trace of sugar Glucose tolerance test
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A glucose tolerance test is a medical test in which glucose is given and blood samples taken afterward to determine how quickly it is cleared from the blood.[1] The test is usually used to test for diabetes, insulin resistance, and sometimes reactive hypoglycemia and acromegaly, or rarer disorders of carbohydrate metabolism. In the most commonly performed version of the test, an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), a standard dose of glucose is ingested by mouth and blood levels are checked two hours later. Many variations of the GTT have been devised over the years for various purposes, with different standard doses of glucose, different routes of administration, different intervals and durations of sampling, and various substances measured in addition to blood glucose
it to check for diabetes 2
micksmixxx - No, my friend, it's NOT a standard test that everyone does. (It's only a standard test if the doctor suspects there MAY be a problem with glucose metabolism.) It's a test performed when the doctor is questioning whether the patient has a problem with glucose metabolism. (We would normally get glucose from the breakdown of carbohydrates that we eat or drink during the digestive process.)
ReplyDeleteYour dad will have been requested not to eat from 10 pm or midnight on Friday night. He will have blood drawn prior to the commencement of the test. This will give a "fasting" blood glucose level ... something that further blood tests would be compared against.
Dad will be given a measured amount of glucose (75 grams) in a sickly sweet drink called glucola. At hourly intervals thereafter he will have blood drawn again. When compared to the 'fasting' reading, these results will show how efficiently your dad's body copes with a sudden influx of glucose. His doctor will then be able to see whether your dad has a problem with glucose metabolism, and then decide to make a diagnosis, if one is appropriate, and see if any course of action needs to be taken.
Best of luck to dad for Saturday.