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2020-06-09 12:16:53
I am 5 months pregnant,dr. has written glucose tolerance test but I am unable to consume glucose on empty stomach, Can I do fasting blood sugar test and post meal blood sugar test instead of glucose tolerance test ? Please help
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Add lemon to it , you ll be able to tolerate way better. Get gtt done. You can do 75 grams one instead of 100 grams 

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You can ask orange or lemon flavored glucose,take slowly within five minutes, avoid in single shot

Answered2020-06-09 14:00:33

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Try adding lemon to it so that u can tolerate

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Ya you can do tat and an hba1c test. If any abnormality in that then you can go for gtt.

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