What Is The Glucose Tolerance Test For Hypoglycaemia
What is the Glucose Tolerance Test for Hypoglycaemia?
Glucose Tolerance Test is a test to determine the level of blood sugar present in the body of a person. It is used to determine whether a patient is suffering from hyperglyceamia or hypoglyceamia.
A doctor administers the test in the morning before the patient eats breakfast. The blood will be extracted from the patient initially then the doctor will let the patient drink water with sugar on it. The second blood will be taken after an hour. Then the third blood sample will be taken after another hour. The objective of the glucose tolerance test is to determine how the body deals with the presents of glucose in the blood above time.
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What is the Glycemic index?
Hypoglyceamia patients can have a regular check of their condition by using glycemic index. This index provides an avenue in the measurement of blood sugar levels resulting from food intake. Many people have an illogical concept of the correlation between foods being high on the index and acne. However, this is made in the absence of scientific basis hence hypoglyceamia index should not be applied.
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