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Prediabetes

I am 40 year old . Have done some blood test . Fasting sugar -93 , pp after 2 hr -130 , fructosamine -215, iron -45 , folate deficiency is there , haemoglobin -11.1 . Hb1Ac -6 , is this prediabetes??

Losing weight around 7 kgs from 14 month

Hi Doctor, My husband is diabetic from past 8 years, he moved out of the country for job,  1 and half year back. He started losing weight from then around 7 kgs. He is on metmorfin 500 mg tablet from past 1 year after doctor prescribed here. He recently got all his blood work done, everything is normal but hba1c is 11.2. so doctor added insulin. I am worried about his weight loss. Initially first 6 months he lost around 4 kgs due to change in his food habits like morning breakfast was only bread and lunch was limited.

Pregnant lady

Dear doctor, A pregnant woman (6 months gestation) had an HbA1c level of 5. Fifteen days later, her fasting blood sugar was 89.5, and her 2-hour postprandial (PP) level was 161.5. Should she be started on medication for diabetes? Advice is needed.

Full body report

I'm 31F, got diagnosed with type2 diabetes in last sep. I did my full body check up and have slightly high blood urea, bun, bilirubin total and bilirubin direct. Please suggest if it's a cause of concern. Attaching my report. Latest hba1c is 5.6 and fbs is 100 Haemoglobin 10.9

My sugar report

Here attaching my sugar report as I have continuously pulling pain in left hand so done with sugar test as I am a diabetic patient awaiting for your reference

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