I have a question, I am 18 weeks pregnant and I have a suspicion of gestational diabetes. I did the research in the 14th week of pregnancy. Isn't it a bit early for such a test, the more so because no one in my family had diabetes. After drinking 75 g of glucose, my results were at 189, and after the next hour I was 153. Are these results so high that I can diagnose gestational diabetes so early? I heard that gestational diabetes starts with 200 mg of blood sugar?
I, the 50g (!) Oral glucose load test is performed between the 24th and 28th week of pregnancy. If it is abnormal, the diagnosis is made either immediately or after a load of 75 g of glucose. Your doctor must have been guided by something to introduce diagnostics so early. Unfortunately, your results are not correct. Any deviation from the norm during pregnancy is treated as gestational diabetes. The levels you write about apply to people without pregnancy.
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Jolanta MętrakIn addition to specializing in internal diseases, he also deals with professional weight loss, he works at the DAMIANA Medical Center and the "Czajkowscy" Polyclinic in Piaseczno (14 Kilińskiego Street).
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