Do I Have Diabetes Or Pre Diabetes?

Posted on Thu, 27 Mar 2025

Question: I got my blood taken. I was fasting. It was at 7:15 am. My blood glucose was 122 ( normal range was up to 110). My a1c was 4.8. Do I have diabetes or pre diabetes?

Answered by Dr. Klarida Papaqako (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You can treat it as prediabetes

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

You are at the edge between diabetes and prediabetes.
I think you can treat it as prediabetes for 3 months- trying to lose weight, not start yet with medicines, eting healthy and low carb, exercising regularly.

Hope this is helpful. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Kind regards,
Dr. Klarida Papaqako,
General and Family physician.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. Klarida Papaqako (6 hours later)

i took my blood sugar level again at 4. its was 88. the last i ate was 12. then i ate again at 6:30 and took it again at 8:30 and it was 88 again. do u think the 122 reading could be a fluke?

Answered by Dr. Klarida Papaqako (44 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Depends what you eat the night before and if you were completely fasting

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thank you for the follow up question.

Yes, it can be also normal. Maybe what you eat the night before the day when glucose was 122 was something that took longer to digest. Do not worry much about it. If you are overweight it would be better to try to lose weight because there is risk to go in diabetes.

Hope this is helpful. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Kind regards, Dr. Klarida Papaqako, General and Family physician.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T