BLOOD SUGAR (PP):
Blood sugar (PP) is a post-prandial blood test that evaluates the Glucose level after the meal. This Blood sugar test used to detect type-1, type-2, and Gestational Diabetes. It’s taken after two hours of mealtime. Medical professionals track these test results in diabetes treatment.
CLINICAL INFORMATION:
This test is usually done for the medical diagnosis of certain abnormalities such as pancreatitis, pancreatic cancers, and an underactive thyroid. Low levels of glucose also indicate self-administration of overuse of insulin dose, starvation, Addison’s disease, insulinoma, kidney diseases, etc. This test is suggested in patients with symptoms such as increased thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, shortness of breath, stomach pain, fruity breath odor, dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting, etc. Other associated tests include the O-T method, GOD-POD method, hexokinase method, kit methods, spectrometric methods, chromatography methods, etc.
General instructions:
SampleRequirement: Specimen - Blood sample drawn from the vein capillary blood specimen (kit method – strip test), Test preparation: 2 Hours after the meal.
NOTE - Sample for specimen collections may vary based on the patient’s condition/cases according to the patient’s presenting complaints/signs or symptoms:
SPECIMEN REQUIREMENT (Special or Rare Cases) - As instructed and guided by Physician / Clinician / Pathologist / as per Laboratory’s requirements, according to procedures and protocols.
This Multi-Specialty Clinical Referral Laboratory “RTDIAGNOSTICS” provides precise and accurate tests with an extensive range of testing services to the medical centers to help in the diagnosis and identification of pathology in the test specimens for infectious diseases and also to evaluate the function of organ systems of the patient. It prevents further complications and helps to stabilize and restore health to near normalcy at the earliest without delay.
