subject: Pre-diabetes-Step to Diabetes [print this page] Pre-diabetes is a condition when the blood glucose level remains high but not high enough to be treated as type 2 diabetes. Millions of people all over the globe are having pre-diabetes and in most of the times it remains untreated and finally turns into type2 diabetes. The main difference between type1 and type2 diabetes is the different behavior of pancreas in secretion of insulin.
According to some studies excess body weight or obesity in case of females is responsible for converting pre-diabetes into type2 diabetes. People having pre-diabetes have more chance to become type2 diabetes patient than an ordinary so called fit person. Insulin resistance is one of the reasons behind having pre-diabetes.
SymptomsPre-diabetes does not have prompt symptom. One morning you may be asked to visit a pathology center for normal blood test and it is found that you are having a blood glucose level on the higher side. This is not at all that you are having type2 diabetes. That is called pre-diabetes or alert that you are prone to type2 diabetes. But in some serious cases black spots on the neck, hands and muscles indicate the higher level of blood sugar in your blood. Your body may fail to move the blood glucose to cells due to lack of insulin secretion of insulin resistance. So normally the blood sugar level increases.
How pre-diabetes determined?There are basically two types of diabetes blood tests are done-1. Fasting Glucose Test and2. Glucose Tolerance Test or test two hours after meal.Fasting Glucose Test: This test is done after 8 hours from dinner. The normal level lies between 100-120 mg/dl. Otherwise pre-diabetes is suspected. This is test is mainly done to measure the ability of the body to normalize the level of blood glucose after a meal.Glucose Tolerance Test: This test is done after 2 hours of direct glucose intake. The main reason behind the test is to measure how fast the body forwards glucose from blood to cells. If your blood glucose level ranges between 140-200 mg/dl it is well enough to be called pre-diabetes.
According to some studies people having parents or siblings affected by blood sugar must check blood sugar level at least in every six months. If some symptom or pre-diabetes is found careful steps can resolve the problem quite satisfactorily. Normally some time is taken before pre-diabetes to be converted into diabetes type2. So you have the time in your favor to make a use of that to protect you from the black curse of diabetes.
