Am I diabetic? What's the normal blood glucose level? Here's the table of standard measures, low and high! - Times Now

According to the US-based National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) "Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high.

Random plasma glucose test: Sample can be taken at any time, doesn’t require as much planning and is therefore used in the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes when time is of the essence.

Fasting plasma glucose test: Sample is taken after at least eight hours of fasting (usually taken in the morning).

Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT): This involves first taking a fasting sample of blood and then taking a very sweet drink containing 75g of glucose?

HbA1c test for diabetes diagnosis: This test does not directly measure the level of blood glucose, however, the result of the test is influenced by how high or low your blood glucose levels have tended to be over the preceding period of 2 to 3 months.

It is important that you control your blood glucose levels as well as you can as too high sugar levels for long periods of time increase the risk of diabetes complications developing. .