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Prediabetic age 22?

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worried23xxx · 25/04/2020 13:51

Hi guys, I am 22 years old.

So I have always been worried about my blood sugar I've been testing for the past couple of years, mostly bloods are in the 4s highest I've ever got is 5.3, my bmi is about 24. In 2017 my Hba1c was 34.

Lately I've had a feeling that my bladder is full and my doctor thought it was a bladder infection so I'm on antibiotics. I thought I would order a new blood sugar monitor because my old one didn't work from amazon and test my sugars. I tested last night and my reading was 5 so I thought I was okay. I barely slept last night and so woke up and tested my sugars and they were '5.3'. I then went for a 3 hour nap and woke up and to my surprise my blood sugar was 6.1! I didn't believe it so I tested again and the two other readings were 5.9 and 6.1. I'm really shocked.

Does this mean I am prediabetic? I'm unsure what to do and I'm quite worried.

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worried23xxx · 25/04/2020 15:02

Yes you're probably right, I'm taking them correctly might just take a bit longer to work. @LIZS

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EmergencyPractitioner · 25/04/2020 15:17

Your blood sugars are complete normal

GirlCalledJames · 26/04/2020 12:01

Are you getting any treatment for the health anxiety?
They don’t diagnose diabetes like that anyway, so I‘m not sure that the monitoring helps.
When I had diabetes the glucometer was not accurate every time.

worried23xxx · 26/04/2020 12:46

@girlcalledjames No I used to be on beta blockers for anxiety but I’m not on them anymore.

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