Diabetes treatment

Diabetes treatment

Diabetes prevention and treatment.

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Millimoles per liter; a (mmol/L)

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A unit of measure that shows the concentration of a substance in a specific amount of fluid. In most of the world, except for the united states, blood glucose test results are reported as mmol/l. In ...

Milligrammes per deciliter (mg/dL)

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A unit of measure that shows the concentration of a substance in a specific amount of fluid. In the united states, blood glucose test results are reported as mg/dl. Medical journals and other ...

Oral hypoglycemic agents

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Medicines taken by mouth by people with type 2 diabetes to keep blood glucose levels as close to normal as possible. Types of oral hypoglycemic agents are alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, biguanides, ...

Noninvasive blood glucose monitoring

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Measuring blood glucose without pricking the finger to obtain a blood sample.

Fructosamine test

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Measures the number of blood glucose molecules linked to protein molecules in the blood. The test provides information about a person's average blood glucose level for the previous 3 weeks.

Hypotension

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Low blood pressure or a sudden drop in blood pressure. Hypotension may occur when a person rises quickly from a sitting or reclining position, causing dizziness or fainting.

High blood glucose

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Higher than normal blood glucose. Fasting hyperglycemia is blood glucose above a desirable level after a person has fasted for at least 8 hours. Postprandial hyperglycemia is blood glucose above a ...