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| Type 2 Diagnosis |  Early diagnosis of diabetes is very important. The earlier it is diagnosed, the sooner cure can be prescribed to manage this disease and prevent or delay complications.
If you experience such symptoms as sever thirst, frequent urination, increased hunger, extreme weight loss, tingling of your feet or hands – your physician may suspect diabetes. In order to confirm the diagnosis, a fasting plasma glucose test or a casual plasma glucose test will be conducted.
Fasting Plasma Glucose Test
The fasting plasma glucose test (FPG) is the preferable method of diagnosing diabetes. It is easy to do, convenient and less expensive than other tests.
In order to prepare yourself for the test you won’t be allowed to eat at least 8 hours before the FPG test.
During the test a physician will draw your blood and send it to the lab for analysis.
Results of the Test
Normal fasting blood glucose level is from 70 to 100 milligrams per deciliter in people without diabetes. The standard diagnosis procedure consists of two separate blood tests. In case when both of them show that your fasting blood glucose level is higher than or equal to 126 milligrams per deciliter, it means that you have diabetes.
Nevertheless, if you have normal fasting blood glucose, but you have risk factors for diabetes or symptoms of diabetes and your fasting blood glucose is normal, your doctor may prescribe you to do a glucose tolerance test to be sure that you do not have diabetes.
Some people have a normal fasting blood glucose reading, but their blood glucose rapidly increases during eating. These people may have glucose intolerance. If their blood glucose levels are high enough, they may be diagnosed with diabetes.
Casual Plasma Glucose Test
The casual plasma glucose test is one more method of diabetes diagnosing. This test examines blood glucose level without regard to the time since the person's last meal. You don’t need to abstain from eating prior to the test.
A glucose level greater than 200 milligrams per deciliter may indicate diabetes. The risk of diabetes is certain if the test is repeated at a later time and shows similar results.
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
This is yet another method used to find diabetes, but it is usually only done during pregnancy to diagnose gestational diabetes or for someone who is suspected of having type 2 diabetes yet has a normal fasting glucose level. It can also be conducted to diagnose pre-diabetes.
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