How Common Is It To Be Misdiagnosed With Diabetes?
Posted in Definition on 03. Feb, 2010
After completeing a glucose tolerance test with the results finding hypoglycemia, how can a doctor call it type two diabetes? How would glimiperide or glipizide help this condition? I guess I don’t understand how these two medications work. Can anyone explain it? Thanks..
Before you let your doctor put you on medication, change your diet! My doctor wanted me to start on medication because my glucose was showing 129 on my blood work. 125 was the cutoff. We know people that have gone on medication only to become insulin dependant later on.
I have changed my diet, started excercising and my glucose levels are in check. I don’t deny that I am in the first stages of becoming a type 2 diabetic but you shouldn’t have to take medications right off the bat. Unless of course your blood sugar is over 300!
I don’t want to be a nay sayer in the medical community but there is a lot of money to be made in medications, glucose strips ($1 a piece, glucometers are free of course), doctors visits. The glucose used to be 140 now it is 125. There is talk about lowering it even still! So if you are borderline the next blood test will have you pegged as a diabetic. Just image if 5 million more people become “diabetic” by looking at a blood test. Millions more people to give pills to, strips to buy, line some big drug pockets.
And once your pegged, forget it, your pegged for life. If you have some aspect of diabeties in your family like mine (dad had it), there is the heredity factor.
I can’t stress enough about the diet and exercise portion. Monitor your glucose levels if you can for a couple of months and keep records on your food intake, weight and sugar levels. Present them to your doctor and then try a different course of action (medication) if you really need it.
Ok, you are in denial. Get over it, diabetes is nothing to ignore. You have hypoglycemia, that is low blood sugar, hyperglycemia is high blood sugar. Low blood sugar is worse in the short term, if your blood sugar drops below 75 to 65, you might pass out and go into a coma.
High blood sugars do massive damage to your internal organs over a longer period of time.
when you fill your prescription, talk to the pharmacist about your medications.
Also, you should be testing your blood sugars every day, when you get up in the morning, it might be a little higher because of your body raising it in early morning, but it needs to be around 100 to 120 until you learn to control it.
test again 1 1/2 to 2 hours after a meal. it should be below 140 for your health to be good.
always carry some kind of hard candy, or food you can eat if you feel sick or confused, signs of low sugar, also you might fell cranky, eat the candy, the go find yourself a meal, fast.
when you have to take your HA1c test, try to keep the blood sugar % below 7%, and you will be ok.
I know, I became a type 2 about 2-3 years ago.
Read about it, and you will be fine.
Glimepiride and Glipizide are medium to long acting sulfonylurea anti-diabetic drugs (they increase insulin release).
I find your question a little odd… You can’t have high blood sugar and low blood sugar at the same time! I think perhaps your doctor may have said ‘hyperglycemia’ not ‘hypoglycemia’
Did you do the glucose tolerance test for pregnancy? Developing diabetes is pretty common in the last few months of pregnancy.
Type 2 diabetes is adult onset, whereas type 1 is usally present from a younger age. Type 2 is caused by a number of factors, age, weight, genetics, etc can all come into play.
The medications you mentioned help your body to use the insulin you produce efficiently.
I take Glucophage, twice a day. My blood sugar is under control, I feel TONS better.