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BLOOD GLUCOSE & A1C EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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BLOOD GLUCOSE & A1C EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
Normal blood sugars: normal fasting (no food for 8hrs) - Answers -70-99 mg/dL
How can you diagnose diabetes? - Answers -- two fasting blood glucose tests that are =
or > than 125 mg/dL
- blood glucose higher than 200 mg/dL
- A1c test = or > than 6.5%
- 2hr oral glucose tolerance test higher than 200 mg/dL
what is the blood glucose level for fasting ? - Answers -< 100 mg/dL (less than)
what is the blood glucose level for before a meal? - Answers -70 - 130 mg/dL
what is the blood glucose level for 1-2hrs after a meal? - Answers -< 140 mg/dL (less
than)
What is an A1c test? - Answers -a blood test that gives a 2-3 month average of blood
sugars
Normal blood sugars: 2hrs after eating - Answers -70-140 mg/dL
Normal blood sugars: randomly - Answers -70-125 mg/dL
what does an A1c test measure? - Answers -what percentage of your hemoglobin is
coated with sugar
how can you take an A1c test? - Answers -glucometer
What are other names for an A1c test? - Answers -- Glycated hemoglobin
- Glycosylated hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin A1c
- HbA1c
What can affect a A1c test? - Answers -- Heavy or chronic bleeding = lower/higher
hemoglobin
- Iron deficiency anemia = A1c results falsely high
- Uncommon form of hemoglobin (hemoglobin variant) = A1c results falsely high/low
- Recent blood transfusion or other forms of hemolytic anemia = testing other persons
blood (unreliable)
What is hemolytic anemia? - Answers -RBCs rupture prematurely
What is hemoglobin? - Answers -A protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
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