can any one tell me or recommend a site about blood sugar levels what is normal what is high ?

There's some useful information here (http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/diabetesbloodsugar.htm)and here (http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/27000430/).

I should also add that blood glucose varies throughout the day, increasing after a meal of course. When your GP does a test for blood glucose, it will be after a period of fasting (usually overnight) to make sure s/he's getting a proper baseline level.

Normal levels vary, but are usually between 4 and 8 mmol/l. Do check with your GP though.

[EDIT: Forgot to add that a blood glucose level of over 7 mmol/l taken after fasting, might indicate a problem.]

I think there's enough info posted by ppn_2204.
My initial thought was also '4'. Wasn't sure about the unit. As my mom is also a diabetic. So she checks herself regularly. It sounds about right from what ppn_2204 mentioned above.

If you have any queries about your blood. It is best to go to your GP to get it checked out. I know my whole family got their blood tested for hereditary diabetes. And now... I may have to check again, as my mother is found to have inherited a blood trait.

I should also add that blood glucose varies throughout the day, increasing after a meal of course. When your GP does a test for blood glucose, it will be after a period of fasting (usually overnight) to make sure s/he's getting a proper baseline level.

Normal levels vary, but are usually between 4 and 8 mmol/l. Do check with your GP though.

[EDIT: Forgot to add that a blood glucose level of over 7 mmol/l taken after fasting, might indicate a problem.]
ppn_2204, the test that is normally done at the doctor's is usually just the finger prick, and that can be done at any time; obviously the best times are just before a meal, or about two hours after.

To get a long-term baseline blood sugar level involves a Glycated Hb blood test, which can be done at any time of day, whether you've eaten or not. The fasting blood test is usually only necessary when cholesterol levels are being checked.

Just to reiterate a point which is made in one of the links above, being diabetic does not automatically mean having to have Insulin injections. Mature onset diabetes is usually Type 2 and, in relatively mild cases, can be controlled by diet alone; moderate cases can be controlled with tablets; it is usually only the most severe cases that need to be controlled by Insulin injections.

However, as happened in my case, diet-controlled Type 2 diabetes can eventually (not in all cases) become unstable, and Metformin tablets will be prescribed.

ppn_2204, the test that is normally done at the doctor's is usually just the finger prick, and that can be done at any time; obviously the best times are just before a meal, or about two hours after...
A finger prick test can indeed be done at any time, but if a baseline is required for an otherwise healthy, non-diabetic person, a period of fasting is recommended in order to avoid influence by recent food consumption, and thus a transitory increase of the blood glucose level. For an appointment with a GP for such a test, this is often performed following overnight fasting, usually for the convenience of the patient.

The glycated haemoglobin test is more frequently performed when long-term monitoring of the blood glucose of a diabetic is required, in order to assess how their blood glucose regulation is going. It would not normally be done until a simple finger prick test had indicated an abnormality in an otherwise healthy person's blood glucose level.

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