How Should High Fasting Sugar Levels Be Managed?

Posted on Thu, 16 Aug 2018

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Question : yes I had screening done for my suger levels and they are over the top 12 hr fast where 243 and 2 day later with no sweets or suger my level is 276

Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (13 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You are a diabetic patient.

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

Once your fasting blood sugar is more then 126mg/dl and PP is more then 200mg/dl you are a diabetic patient and you need to take oral hypoglycemic agents like Metformin etc regularly to keep diabetes in control.
So basically you are a Diabetic and you have to start taking Metformin slow release 500mg tablet once daily 10 minutes before break fast.
Secondly i would suggest you to go for HBA1C test to find out the range of blood sugar during the period of last 3 months.
Diet should consist of 50-60% low glycemic index complex carbohydrates(divided in 4 meals) and 30% protein and rest should be fat.

Hope I was helpful.
Thanks

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