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Glucose tolerance test
I am 5 months pregnant,can I do fasting blood sugar test and post meal blood sugar test instead of glucose tolerance test as I am finding it very difficult to consume glucose on empty stomach,please help
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Better to take oral glucose tolerance this is standard test to determine diabetes in pregnancy,you can ask orange or lemon flavored glucose.
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Dr. Nidhi Sharma
Gynecologist/Obstetrician
19 yrs exp
Chennai
OGTT is advisable
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Dr. Pratibha Aggarwal
Gynecologist
32 yrs exp
Chennai
Hi. In preg OGT is advisable at 28 weeks .
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Dr. Tejaswini
Gynecologist
3 yrs exp
Hyderabad
OGTT is preferable.
But if you are facing problem then yes you can go for FBS and PPBS
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