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RBS count of 196
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My father is 63 old. He is recently complaining lot of fatigue. He had pneumonia a month back. Physician ordered a RBS and it came out 196. During his hospitalization during pneumonia, his rbs was arround 130 to 140.
Is he prediabtic?. What other tests we can do to confirm this
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HB A1C blood test
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Dr. Amrutha J H
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12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Just a single reading of RBS -196 is not conclusive of diabetes mellitus.
Kindly get FBS, PPBS for knowing the current status and HbA1C to know the past 3 month sugar levels.
These tests along with physical examination by a physician will help in arriving at a diagnosis.
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