One of the tests carried out most often to check your diabetes is measuring the concentration of glucose in your blood after at least 8 hours of fasting (fasting plasma glucose).
Glucose Tolerance Test
An oral glucose tolerance test measures the concentration of your blood sugar after you have gone at least 8 hours without eating and 2 hours after you drink a glucose-containing beverage.This test can be used to diagnose diabetes, if the fasting glucose concentrations are not unambiguous.
Self Testing
Self-testing of blood glucose after diagnosis of a Diabetes type 2 should be done regularly -- in the beginning more often (up to five times a day to avoid getting into a hypo-/hyperglycemic state). As soon as your glucose levels have reached a satisfactory state, the number of tests can be reduced (two tests a week may be sufficient - according to your doctor's instructions).For more detailed information, please visit our website from Bayer Diabetes Care.
You should regularly measure whether there is glucose excreted in your urine - this normally is a hint for a not very good controlled blood sugar concentration. The test is done very simply by strips put into the urine. Your doctor will tell you, how often this test must be done - normally more often after your diabetes was newly diagnosed, and as soon as a good blood glucose control is reached, the frequency can be lowered.
Hemoglobin A1c
Last but not least: Blood glucose concentrations can tell only about the momentary state of your sugar metabolism. So it is quite useful to have a test which gives information about the condition of your blood glucose concentrations during the last 3 months.This is what the so called hemoglobin A1c test does:
The higher the level of blood sugar, the more sugar attaches to red blood cells. The hemoglobin A1c test measures the amount of sugar sticking to the hemoglobin (the pigment in the red blood cells). The test should be done approximately twice a year in your doctor's office. The result is given in percent and usually should be less than 7% (source: ADA / www.diabetes.org).
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