How To Read and Understand Blood Test Results
Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) <100 —-> normal 100 to <126 —–>pre-diabetes 126+ —–>diabetes There is also the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT…140-199)….both require you to fast overnight. (Both are equally good.) (In the OGTT, a person’s blood glucose is measured after a fast and 2 hours after drinking a glucose-rich…
Acrobat PDF file can be downloaded here. The islets of Langerhans The pancreatic Islets of Langerhans are the sites of production of insulin, glucagon and somatostatin. The figure below shows an immunofluorescence image in which antibodies specific for these hormones have been coupled to differing…
Last updated on September 22nd, 2018 at 04:03 pm The blood sugar concentration or blood glucose level is the amount of glucose (sugar) present in the blood of a human or an animal. The body naturally tightly regulates blood glucose levels (with the help of insulin that is secreted by pancreas) as a part of…
Endi Prayi, B.S Last updated on March 26, 2013 Low blood sugar or hypoglycemia is often associated with glucose metabolism problems such as diabetes, especially type-1 diabetes (when the production of insulin by pancreas drops significantly – even there may be no any…