Guest guest Posted September 16, 2005 Report Posted September 16, 2005 This is how I was diagnosed... They still do them. This is also how they diagnose pregnant women with GDiabetes... But now, they have you come in the middle of the day, no longer fasting... it causes too many false positives. Angelia in OR Re: pushing BG down with protein* > > > Exactly. Certain tests rate it this way: 'Hypoglycemic " is is where one > who's blood sugar drops 20 or more points below fasting level in the > course > of a 6 hour glucose tolerance test, or 100 or more points total. > > In my case, the last time I did a bonafide test (4 years ago), my BG > dropped > 51 points form fasting levels and 176 points from the higest point. > > > ~Inga > > > > > > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2005 Report Posted September 16, 2005 This is how I was diagnosed... They still do them. This is also how they diagnose pregnant women with GDiabetes... But now, they have you come in the middle of the day, no longer fasting... it causes too many false positives. Angelia in OR Re: pushing BG down with protein* > > > Exactly. Certain tests rate it this way: 'Hypoglycemic " is is where one > who's blood sugar drops 20 or more points below fasting level in the > course > of a 6 hour glucose tolerance test, or 100 or more points total. > > In my case, the last time I did a bonafide test (4 years ago), my BG > dropped > 51 points form fasting levels and 176 points from the higest point. > > > ~Inga > > > > > > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2005 Report Posted September 16, 2005 This is how I was diagnosed... They still do them. This is also how they diagnose pregnant women with GDiabetes... But now, they have you come in the middle of the day, no longer fasting... it causes too many false positives. Angelia in OR Re: pushing BG down with protein* > > > Exactly. Certain tests rate it this way: 'Hypoglycemic " is is where one > who's blood sugar drops 20 or more points below fasting level in the > course > of a 6 hour glucose tolerance test, or 100 or more points total. > > In my case, the last time I did a bonafide test (4 years ago), my BG > dropped > 51 points form fasting levels and 176 points from the higest point. > > > ~Inga > > > > > > > > Quote
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