Fasting Blood Glucose Question

givesometogetsome
givesometogetsome Posts: 35 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'd like to get your insights on this. So we recently had to switch to a new clinic. Took my young teen daughter in for bloodwork and her fasting glucose came back as 101, which is a tad above the normal range. The doctor wasn't concerned at all. But later I got to thinking about all my glucose tests and they've always been in the 60s (even at my worse when I literally ate nothing but candy and fast food for years). So why would my daughter's be that much higher? Is glucose like cholesterol, where some people just naturally have higher numbers?

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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    This would be a good question for the doctor
  • fbchick51
    fbchick51 Posts: 240 Member
    http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/daily-control-17/slideshow-blood-sugar-swings

  • ashliedelgado
    ashliedelgado Posts: 814 Member
    Medical person here - we like under 100 fasting. I wouldn't blink at a 101 fasting reading one time. What did she have for dinner? Was it carbalicious? Are you 100% your teenage daughter was fasting?

    One reading is no big deal. Especially 2 pts over normal.
  • mom2kateRH
    mom2kateRH Posts: 178 Member
    ashliedelgado wrote: »
    Medical person here - we like under 100 fasting. I wouldn't blink at a 101 fasting reading one time. What did she have for dinner? Was it carbalicious? Are you 100% your teenage daughter was fasting?

    One reading is no big deal. Especially 2 pts over normal.

    this. One reading that is within the margin of error of normal is not anything to worry about. also, lots of things can affect your blood sugar. certainly, being a young teen--well, puberty and hormones wreak havoc with blood sugars. If she's about to start her period, that could give her a higher (although still within normal range) glucose than other times of the month.
  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    Every time I visit grandparents I get my blood tested. I fast and get pricked when I wake up. Seems like anyone over 65 owns one of these testers. I also get my blood pressure taken with a cuff since its good to know the difference between morning bp and night bp. If they don't have this bp cuff, buy it for them as a present.
  • givesometogetsome
    givesometogetsome Posts: 35 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    This would be a good question for the doctor

    The doctor wasn't concerned, didn't even mention it to me when I asked if everything looked okay. It was only after the visit when I printed out the results for my own record keeping that I noticed 101 was considered above normal.
  • givesometogetsome
    givesometogetsome Posts: 35 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    This would be a good question for the doctor

    This is a really eye-opening link. Makes it sound like practically if the wind blows, glucose can be swayed. :D Helps me see how insignificant one barely-above-normal glucose reading can be.

  • givesometogetsome
    givesometogetsome Posts: 35 Member
    ashliedelgado wrote: »
    Medical person here - we like under 100 fasting. I wouldn't blink at a 101 fasting reading one time. What did she have for dinner? Was it carbalicious? Are you 100% your teenage daughter was fasting?

    One reading is no big deal. Especially 2 pts over normal.

    I won't bother getting concerned over one reading then.

    My daughter is surprisingly a big meat eater. Now me on the other hand...I am all about the 'carbalicious'. :p
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited June 2017
    I get my blood glucose tested annually as part of my physical...I was pre-diabetic at one time, but I've been for the most part in the 80s. I had one test that was a total one off though and came back at 115...doctor wasn't terribly concerned as all of my previous readings had been good, but he sent me off for a redo as well as an A1C...A1C came back totally normal and so did the redo.

    I don't think a doctor would put a whole lot of stock into one reading that was a point over normal. Like blood pressure or many things, it can fluctuate quite a bit depending.
  • markswife1992
    markswife1992 Posts: 262 Member
    edited June 2017
    A1C is more accurate.
    also, have it redone and ensure she actually was fasting.
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