If my blood glucose levels are normal does that mean I’m not diabetic?
I went to the doc today and told her how I have a sweet metallic taste in my mouth and I thought it might be diabetes. She pulled up my records and said that my recent blood test showed that my blood glucose levels were normal so I can’t have diabetes. I don’t really trust my doctor… So is this true?
Are you expiriencing any of the symptoms that go along with diabetes? How long ago was your last blood test? There maybe a possiblity of diabetes if the test was a long time ago. But likely you dont have diabetes if your doctor did tests recently. If you don’t trust your doctor I would HIGHLY suggest you get a new one. You are paying them good money…although I highly doubt your doc is lying to you…if your not happy go to a different doctor.
Are you expiriencing any of the symptoms that go along with diabetes? How long ago was your last blood test? There maybe a possiblity of diabetes if the test was a long time ago. But likely you dont have diabetes if your doctor did tests recently. If you don’t trust your doctor I would HIGHLY suggest you get a new one. You are paying them good money…although I highly doubt your doc is lying to you…if your not happy go to a different doctor.
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That depends on what was measured. If your doctor just took a random blood glucose test, the kind you would take at home on a glucose meter, and your blood sugar was normal, then that’s a good sign, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re not pre-diabetic or diabetic. If your doctor also took an HbA1c (a three-month average of your blood sugar) and that was in normal range, then you’re definitely not diabetic. I make this distinction because diabetics and pre-diabetics when first diagnosed often drop into the "normal" range. That’s why one isolated reading isn’t that useful.
That being said, weird tastes or smells in the mouth are usually associated with VERY high blood sugar for an extended period of time. If you were that high, then your blood sugar would never be low enough to fool a doctor.
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