Diabetes is a condition where success of treatment depends on how well you keep your blood sugar controlled. Good self-management can help improve both short and long term health outcomes(1✔). Use Medindia's 'Blood Sugar Calculator' and its resources, if you have recently been diagnosed to have diabetes. It will help you with self-education and better management of your health(2✔). Over a period of time you will learn how to manage the condition yourself and will understand why your sugar level fluctuates. The Blood sugar chart provides descriptions of blood sugar values in terms of mg/dl depending on the test type – Fasting sugar, post-meal or post prandial and Glucose tolerance test (GTT) for a normal person, in early diabetes and in established diabetes. Use this chart to monitor your blood sugar level. Blood Sugar Chart Category Fasting Value (mg/dl) Post Prandial (mg/dl) Minimum Value Maximum Value Value 2 hours after consuming glucose Normal 70 100 Less than 140 Early Diabetes 101 126 140 to 200 Established Diabetes More than 126 - More than 200
Important Facts About Blood SugarGlucose is a simple sugar and is one of the primary molecules which serve as energy sources for both plants and animals(3✔).Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, helps maintain normal blood sugar levels(4✔).Uncontrolled or high blood sugar levels can lead to health complications such as blindness, heart disease and kidney disease(5✔).Increase or decrease in the glucose level in the blood can lead to a condition called "diabetic coma"(6✔). Click Here to Download "Diabetes Wallet Card" ReferencesQual Life Res. 2019 Sep 23. doi: 10.1007/s11136-019-02299-2. - (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31549366)BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Dec 29;15:578. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-1246-9 - (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715038)How Cells Obtain Energy from Food - Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th edition. - (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26882/)Insulin - Wikipedia - (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin)Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke - (https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/preventing-problems/heart-disease-stroke)Diabetic Coma - (https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-complications/diabetic-coma.html)
