Diabetes - Diagnostic Studies and Medical Treatments

If you are a person dealing with diabetes, then you know that testing your blood glucose levels is very important, some diabetics, for instance, need to test them 3 times per day, another ones need to test their blood glucose levels even up to 10 times per day. While, high blood sugar levels does not mean necessarily that a person suffer from diabetes, researches has pointed out that there is a close relation, meaning that it is certainly a call for further testing.

Firstly, diagnostic studies are all about testing the levels of glucose in your blood, for instance, if two different blood glucose tests show glucose levels over 140 mg/dI - both tests done after eight hours of fasting - then, additional tests are required, one after drinking sugar water, other after fasting. However, if after these 2 new tests you get similar results, then a diabetes diagnosis is established.

Secondly, if you are a diabetic you should know that there is no cure for diabetes type 1 neither type 2. Consequently, there is no medical treatment in order to cure diabetes, but there are in order to control high blood sugar levels.

While people that suffer diabetes type I can control it by regular insulin injections and a special diet and exercise regimen, those suffering type II diabetes could control their glucose levels with just diet and exercise.

To sum up, the main point for diabetics is how to lower high blood sugar levels, some patients might need the use of drugs in

rder to increase insulin production, some drugs could be chlorpropamide, glipizide, glyburide, tolbutamide, and tolazamide. Ask your doctor for specialized advise.

Hector Milla runs the Free Diabetic Testing Supplies website and the Free Glucose Monitor resources center, where you can find info on how to get free diabetes supplies and how to get a free glucose meter respectively. Visit for further information.