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Old 03-14-2008, 08:19 AM
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Default Well--

--by most lab reference ranges for glucose tolerance testing, you would not be diagnosed with impairment. Generally, at one hour one is allowed a glucose level below 170, and at two hours, below 140, before one is diagnosed with impaired tolerance.

The lowering of the numbers into the seventies, though, given you started at 97, does imply a certain degree of reactive hypoglycemia--not severe, but something to watch, as this can sometimes be a precursor to diabetes. The implication is that your body overreacted a bit to the small glucose challange by overproducing insulin, driving your blood sugar levels somewhat below your fasting state. This overproduction signals a degree of insulin resistance--yoru body needed to produce more insulin to drive glucose into your cells, and it somewhat overproduced. It would have been interesting to see what your insulin levels were at fasting, 1 hour, two hours, three hours . . .my take on this is that your system is still compensating fairly well, but it might behoove you to take some steps to even out your readings and forestall future trouble, such as eating smaller meals more frequently and balancing carbs/proteins/fats at each.

I'm not a doctor, but this doesn't immediately look like enough glucose dysregulation to cause severe neuropathy symptoms (but everybody is an individual). Has there been any other recent testing that might provide some insight?

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