Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Hi, I have some questions. If you are a type 2 diabetic and you're taking oral medication and your blood sugar gets out of control and they put you on insulin would you still be considered a type 2 diabetic or would you be a type 1 diabetic. For a non diabetic what should there normal reading be. If they were to do a fasting BS reading before they eat breakfast what should the normal range be. I'd also like to know what the reading should be if they were to test two hours after eating. Thanks. Terri . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Hi. (1) Yes; you'd still be a Type 2 diabetic. The type of diabetes you have depends upon cause of onset, not symptoms or treatment regimen. In Type 1 diabetes, your immune system goes nuts and attacks the beta cells in your pancreas (the ones that make insulin), destroying them. In Type 2 diabetes, although your beta cells may eventually no longer work, the cause is either an insufficiency of beta cells (not enough of them) or increased insulin resistance of your tissues. (2) I'll give the bG levels as " plasma readings " , not " whole blood " readings. For someone who does *not* have diabetes, fasting readings range between 70 mg/dl and 110 mg/dl. The lower this reading, some recent studies say, the less likely one is to develop Type 2 diabetes later or to suffer complications. Current thinking is that the two-hour postprandial (after a meal) readings for nondiabetics are between 120 and 140 mg/dl; these readings get back down below 110 mg/dl quite quickly in a nondiabetic as the pancreas responds to increased bG levels by sqqquirting out extra insulin. Mike Freeman > Hi, I have some questions. If you are a type 2 diabetic and you're taking > oral medication and your blood sugar gets out of control and they put you on > insulin would you still be considered a type 2 diabetic or would you be a > type 1 diabetic. > > For a non diabetic what should there normal reading be. If they were to do > a fasting BS reading before they eat breakfast what should the normal range > be. I'd also like to know what the reading should be if they were to test > two hours after eating. Thanks. > > Terri . > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Hi Mike, Thanks for getting back so quickly about those questions. Terri Re: Some questions > Hi. > > (1) Yes; you'd still be a Type 2 diabetic. The type of diabetes you have > depends upon cause of onset, not symptoms or treatment regimen. In Type > 1 diabetes, your immune system goes nuts and attacks the beta cells in > your pancreas (the ones that make insulin), destroying them. In Type 2 > diabetes, although your beta cells may eventually no longer work, the > cause is either an insufficiency of beta cells (not enough of them) or > increased insulin resistance of your tissues. > > (2) I'll give the bG levels as " plasma readings " , not " whole blood " > readings. For someone who does *not* have diabetes, fasting readings > range between 70 mg/dl and 110 mg/dl. The lower this reading, some > recent studies say, the less likely one is to develop Type 2 diabetes > later or to suffer complications. Current thinking is that the two-hour > postprandial (after a meal) readings for nondiabetics are between 120 > and 140 mg/dl; these readings get back down below 110 mg/dl quite > quickly in a nondiabetic as the pancreas responds to increased bG levels > by sqqquirting out extra insulin. > > Mike Freeman > > > >> Hi, I have some questions. If you are a type 2 diabetic and you're >> taking >> oral medication and your blood sugar gets out of control and they put you >> on >> insulin would you still be considered a type 2 diabetic or would you be a >> type 1 diabetic. >> >> For a non diabetic what should there normal reading be. If they were to >> do >> a fasting BS reading before they eat breakfast what should the normal >> range >> be. I'd also like to know what the reading should be if they were to >> test >> two hours after eating. Thanks. >> >> Terri . >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Just one comment ... blood sugar measurements in mmol/L are not the same as A1c measurements. An A1c is measured as a percentage, whereas mmol/L is millimoles per litre, so even though they both cover a similar range of numbers, they are not equivalent. You can say that glucose is stuck to 6.8% of hemoglobin molecules, but that doesn't equal an average blood sugar of 6.8 mmol/L or 122 mg/dl. An A1c of 5.5 is not equivalent to an average blood sugar of 5.5 mmol/L or 99 mg/dl. There's a formula that can be used to convert between A1c and average mmol/L blood sugar that I came across once, but I can't remember it now. I'll see if I can find it to post. There are also formulas to convert A1c measurements to the average mg/dl blood sugar. Jen Re: Some questions > The conversion factor is the number 18. To convert British readings into > American readings either multiply or divide by the number 18. For example > a fasting bs of 6.0 moles is equivalent to an American reading of 108. An > A1C of 6.8 is equivalent to an average daily bs level of 122.4. > Diabetic complications are rare at an A1C of 5.5 or less. An A1C of 5.5 > is equivalent to an average bs level of 99 or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Thanks for that clarification. I look forward to your next post, and I hope you find it; the formula that is. Re: Some questions > >> The conversion factor is the number 18. To convert British readings into >> American readings either multiply or divide by the number 18. For >> example >> a fasting bs of 6.0 moles is equivalent to an American reading of 108. >> An >> A1C of 6.8 is equivalent to an average daily bs level of 122.4. >> Diabetic complications are rare at an A1C of 5.5 or less. An A1C of 5.5 >> is equivalent to an average bs level of 99 or less. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Thanks for that clarification. I look forward to your next post, and I hope you find it; the formula that is. Re: Some questions > >> The conversion factor is the number 18. To convert British readings into >> American readings either multiply or divide by the number 18. For >> example >> a fasting bs of 6.0 moles is equivalent to an American reading of 108. >> An >> A1C of 6.8 is equivalent to an average daily bs level of 122.4. >> Diabetic complications are rare at an A1C of 5.5 or less. An A1C of 5.5 >> is equivalent to an average bs level of 99 or less. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Your daytime temp being higher than 98.6 definitely can be fro high T3. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Is too high T3 (or HC) associated with fatigue, achiness, or migraines? Dana From: RT3_T3 [mailto:RT3_T3 ] On Behalf Of Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 4:10 PM To: RT3_T3 Subject: Re: Some questions Your daytime temp being higher than 98.6 definitely can be fro high T3. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 You can have fatigue and muscle pain from high T3, btu I am not sure about migraines. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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