HbA1C

[yemcee1954]

My wife C.Indira a type I diapetic patient for the past 5 years .her fasting blood glucose is between 140 and 200 and random bood sugar is between 140 and 200.Her HbA1c is always between 5&6 for the past 5 years.But last week her HbA1c showed as 4%.I rechecked the value and got it as 3.9%.Her fasting blood glucose still showing between 100 and 140.Her haemolobin is 11.8%. can any one suggest reason for this error.she is not anamic.

[kkapoor]

is the lab where you are getting your sugar level tested fine . there could be error over there.

[yemcee1954 in reply to kkapoor]

yes thyrocare is a reputed one,I had also rechecked values witah columbia asia hospital bangalore and found the results are same.

[TVMP]

Her FBS and random varies between 140 and 200,then how hba1c is between 5 and 6?

[alwaysoptimistic in reply to TVMP]

It is unreliable!Is not it?

[yemcee1954]

I rechecked with columbia asia hospital in Bangalore and the results were same

[yemcee1954]

results are rechecked with columbia asia hospital.Bangalore and are found to be same.

[gangadharan_nair]

Diabetic complications arise when your blood sugar exceeds 185 mg/dL. Her hemoglobin should be above 12.1 g/dL.

Sources:--

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyca...

nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/enc...

[kkapoor]

why dont you ask a doctor about these variations in readings. may be he can suggest something about it

[kkapoor]

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