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When person should start Diabetes medici

2017-12-30 16:10:22
My husband is a prediabetic since 7 years. His HbA1c before 6 months was 6.3 Yester we checked. His HbA1c is 7.3 His heigjt is 6.1 and weight was 94.5 which reduced 2 and half kg now. He is taking cholesterol medicine only not taking sugar medicine. So my question is his weight lose is because of sugar and when he should start sugar medicine.
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Hba1c above 6.5 is considered as diabetes. He should definitely start medicines..his weight loss at this level is unlikely due to diabetes. A further weight loss through diet and exercise is essential.

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