Is my blood sugar normal?

Question

I sometimes use my husband's meter to check my blood. I'm in the 80s fasting. Before meals I'm around 90. But one hour after a meal I am sometimes as high as 170 or even 180. And 2 hours after a meal, I'm back to 120 or lower. Should I be seeing this high number an hour after I eat? Does that mean I have pre-diabetes? And if I have a snack at some point, does that mean that I'm at at high number a large part of the day? I've never checked after a snack. Is this range normal for a nondiabetic, and should I keep checking? Thank you.

Answer 1

first of all i am not a doctor. I am a diabetic.  For someone with diabetes they say you can or are good if you range from 90  to 130 2 hrs after your meal.  A low reading like below 70 is bad. A consistentt high above like 150 is bad.  With meds and or insulin i try to control myself and keep it in range. But, a high reading right after a meal (like  180   200 is to be expected.. If you are concerned please check with your doctor. they can do a test that shows an average for the past few months.

Answer 2

Your fasting blood sugar is normal, and that is primarily the one they check for diabetes.  I do not have diabetes but am at risk because of a hormone problem.  Generally people do not check their sugars an hour after a meal. The two hour figure is standard and that looks fairly normal.  Still, if you are concerned about it, which it  seems like you are if you check your sugars that often, go ahead and ask your doctor for an A1C test.  If it is around 5 you are normal and your highs are really not too bad.  If your A1C is 6, you are the envy of diabetics but considered to be approaching diabetic range.  Take a look at what you are eating before you get the higher sugars.  Anyone who eats 60 grams of carbs or so is going to have a spike and then an insulin spike later.  This is important because if you and your husband eat the same meals you might want to consider changing the quantity of carbs at each meal... if you don't have diabetes then the spiking process will just make you feel lousy, but it could be lethal for your husband.  It is natural to be curious about your sugars, as you are living with a diabetic, but two things to consider are that sometimes it makes us paranoid about our own health, and also if your husband's meter records both your sugars, his doctor might not be getting an accurate picture of his condition.  So, if you are at risk for diabetes, you might want to consider getting your own meter.

Good luck!

Answer 3

I was a medical laboratory technician for some ten years and I preformed numerious Glucose tolerance test during that time.  What you have describled sounds very much to me to be normal.  Your blood glucose levels should range from about 80 - 120.  After a meal or glucose shock your blood glucose level increase while your body adjusts to the glucose load and can create enough insulin to be able to store the glucose until it is needed.  In about two hours your blood glucose level should drop into the above listed normal range.  There are some things that naturally effect the time it takes for your blood glucose levels to respond.  The amount of glucose taken in at the meal and it's form, exersize level during the time, amount of water consumed during the time period, and just normal body functions.  The effect of your blood glucose level staying up is no usually related to very large levels of intake.  Your glucose level will probably stay higher longer on lower amou nts of glucose intake than very high levels because your body may not react as quickly to produce the insulin.  The form of the glucose such as starches and complex sugars absorb into your blood stream at a slower rate therefore not triggering a rapid insulin production.  The more exersize you do in shorter periods of time the glucose your body will burn.  Amount of water consumed effect the speed of absortion of the glucose also.  Plus everybody bodies work a little bit different in normal body functions.  I hope this helped.  If you have more questions your doctor wi=ould be your best source to ask, that what he or she studied in school.

Answer 4

You seem to have a healthy metabolism. If you have no special symptoms, there is no need to check your blood glucose frequently. If you go regularly to a physician (say twice a year) you can always have your blood tested and they will determine whether you have any increased blood glucose level.  

Answer 5

Normal blood sugar really varies from person to person.

My doctors say anywhere between 80 to 180 is good for me.

Your numbers seem fine to me, but if you are concerned you should pay a visit to the doctor.

There is no harm in checking!

Answer 6

You have an impaired metabolic response.  Basically, pre-diabetes.

The normal fasting rate is about 84.  You shouldn't spike higher than 120 if you are normal.  After 2 hours you should be back down below 100.

I was diagnosed with diabetes 1 year ago and my blood glucose numbers are better than that now.  I eat a low carb, moderate protein and moderate fat diet.  My fasting numbers are 84 and 2-hour post-prandials are typically less than 120.  

When you spike over 140, that is when damage occurs to your body.  You need to keep the spikes down.  When I was eating my bad diet, I was hitting spikes of 400.

Answer 7

You are on the low side, but not too low, at 90 before meals, and I don't think the 170/180 after an hour is bad.  !20 is just a skosh above what they consider correct, but only two hours, I think that is right.  

About pre-diabetes, check with your physician.  I ain't no doctor.  I am diabetic.