Blood glucose test

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Blood glucose test

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Hi Dr, my Dr did a blood glucose test on me in our general hospital, FPG result 5.7 and 2 hrs later OGTT result 3.7. second test, 2 weeks later, again FPG 5.6 and OGTT 3.2. My question is, why my glucose level drop so much after consuming the glucose? And am I diabetic?

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Dr. Venkat Raghav

General Physician 7 yrs exp Bangalore

Hello....... No OGTT should be more than FPG, in diabetics condition it is very high.. Fasting blood glucose level will be 100 to 125 mg per dl and OGTT will be 140 to 190 me per dl... This could be measurement error ,kindly redo the test and consult your doctor..

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Dr. Geetendra Singh Dhanawat Diabetologist 21 yrs exp Mumbai · Accepted Answer

Dr. Geetendra Singh Dhanawat

Diabetologist 21 yrs exp Mumbai

Go for HBA1C test also.