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December 19, 1999

Diagnosis and Symptoms

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Question from San Juan, Puerto Rico:

Please, can you explain me my 5 year old nephew’s GTT results? These are the results:

Fasting

79

1/2 hour
150

1 hour
186

2 hours
148

3 hours
95

4 hours
63

All urine glucose were negative. He had a former 2 hour postprandial [after eating] blood sugar value of 116. He is not diagnosed yet. Does this results mean he is diabetic?

Answer:

From: DTeam Staff

The fasting blood sugar level in this test is normal so that with no sugar in the urine you can rest assured that your nephew is not now diabetic. The 1 and 2 hour levels are a little high; but this is almost certainly because the initial dose of glucose was somewhat high for his weight.

DOB
Additional comments from Dr. Quick:

See the guidelines for the Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes for more information about making the diagnosis of diabetes.

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