Health Q&A
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??

Diabetic since eight years

I have Diabeties since 8 yrs i m taking medicine of glucomet 500 sr once in the morning and olmy 20 bp tablet my hba1c done around 1 month ago is 6.6  yesterday I have done ppbs it's 200 in glucometer bcoz day before yesterday I have taken alloo parathas big quantity should I change medication wen I was newly diagnosed in 2015 my hba1c was 10 that doc was different doc he prescribed janumet 50/500 two times day n night and vobit 0.3 two times day n night then after 6 months my hba1c came to 6 but my weight was reduced from 60 kg to 43 kg so i went to another doctor he prescribed glycomet 500 sr once and current weight is 51 and height is 160 cm so should I change medication and sitagliptin is not suiting me it is decreasing my weight so which medicines to be taken pls suggest

Hb1ac and fructosamine

I had done blood test . Fructosamine value was normal , fasting -93 and hb1ac was 6, iron deficiency is there -45, folate deficiency - extreme . Hb -11. I am 40 year old . I dont want to take medicine . Is this the sign of prediabetes

Thyroid -Low TSH

My wife aged 50 years has been on Eltroxin 100 mcg for nearly 10 years.She weighs around 63 kgs and her height is 5'4. Lately , she has been feeling fatigued and having heat intolerance. Her report indicated low TSH level of 0.048, whereas he T3/T4 are within the range.147 & 11.0 respectively. What medication can restore the TSH levels to a normal range?

FBS,RBS and A1C

Hai iam tested my sugars today FBS : 97( 70 to 110) Hba1c:5.3(4 to 6) RBS :105 ( 80 to 140) at evening. Regards.

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