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What Does Blood Sugar Level Of 180 Indicate?
Question: Is sugar 180 in gestational diabetes needs insulin
Brief Answer:
Yes
Detailed Answer:
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I have gone carefully through your query and understand your concerns. Yes, a blood sugar of 180 mg/dl in gestational diabetes needs to be treated with antidiabetics, preferably insulin.
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Yes
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone carefully through your query and understand your concerns. Yes, a blood sugar of 180 mg/dl in gestational diabetes needs to be treated with antidiabetics, preferably insulin.
Let me know if I could help further.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
Treatment with insulin is recommended
Detailed Answer:
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A 2 hour GTT value from 140 to 199 mg/dL indicates prediabetes but for pregnant women it calls for treatment. Insulin is the recommended treatment and although there are other medicines available, I think that going for insulin would definitely be better. You need not worry. It hardly hurts.
Regards
Treatment with insulin is recommended
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.
A 2 hour GTT value from 140 to 199 mg/dL indicates prediabetes but for pregnant women it calls for treatment. Insulin is the recommended treatment and although there are other medicines available, I think that going for insulin would definitely be better. You need not worry. It hardly hurts.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
Follow up required
Detailed Answer:
Yes, HbA1c level indicates a 3 monthly average of blood sugar levels. It is not expected to be raised. But a raised GTT level indicates a vulnerability that can develop during pregnancy. You might need monitoring. If the subsequent levels are found to be raised as well, you would need to be treated.
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Follow up required
Detailed Answer:
Yes, HbA1c level indicates a 3 monthly average of blood sugar levels. It is not expected to be raised. But a raised GTT level indicates a vulnerability that can develop during pregnancy. You might need monitoring. If the subsequent levels are found to be raised as well, you would need to be treated.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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