need advice, have pcos and just had blood sugar levels tested for insulin resistance?
i have pcos and i am currently 8 weeks with a natural pregnancy,
as a precaution i had my blood sugar levels checked as a lot of pcos sufferers are insulin resistant.
i got my results yesterday which were 5.2 which the nurse tells me is normal (normal being anywhere between 3.5 and 5.5)
i had to fast for 10 hours before the test, so my question is,
how accurate is the test after fasting?
and does a blood sugar result of 5.2 mean i’m deffinately not insulin resistant?
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Glucose testing is always done fasting.
A FASTING blood glucose reading is only ONE way of determing your overall state of health. a 5.2 indicates that you are doing pretty good AT THE INSTANT THE TEST WAS TAKEN.
The test IS accurate. Sorry, but you can’t blame “testing inaccuracies” in this case.
The trouble is, blood sugars change almost by the minute, depending on WHEN, QWHAT, and HOW MUCH you ate. That test needs to be repeated 3-4 times PER DAY for at least TWO WEEKS (14 days) to be statistically significant.
There is a far better test, called A1C. this test measures the AVERAGE of your blood sugars over the last 90 days. Since it measures an average, fasting is not necessary. AND — the test needs to be repeated only every 90 days.
Ask you doctor to perform the A1C test, and discuss the results with you.
they probably would have done a hba1c. thats more accurate as it records blood levels over 3 months so