There are very simple ways of detecting if you are diabetic or not. It is measured by checking the amount of glucose presence in the blood.
Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG), Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) and a random Plasma Glucose Test are used for diagnosing diabetes.
The FPG test is usually done in the morning a d it measures the glucose level in a person who has not eaten anything for at least eight hours. If a person has 100 to 125 mg/dL of glucose level, then he or she is having Impaired fasting Glucose, a type of pre-diabetes. And if the level increases above 125 mg/dl, then that person has diabetes.
The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) measures glucose level just before and two hours after the person drinks a liquid containing 75 gms of glucose dissolved in water. If the person’s glucose level after drinking the liquid is between 140 and 199 mg/dL, then he has a form of pre-diabetes called Impaired Glucose Tolerance. If the glucose level is above 199 mg/dl, then the person is diabetic.
A random plasma glucose test measures the glucose level without regard to when a person last ate.
