# Blood Sugar (R)

BLOOD SUGAR (R):

Blood Sugar (R) is a random blood sugar test taken randomly a day without any schedule. This test used to screen random Blood Glucose levels. This test helps to ensure Diabetes Mellitus. Medical professionals suggest this blood test when a person experiences symptoms of diabetes.

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 for 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:

Sample Requirement: Specimen - Blood sample drawn from the vein capillary blood specimen (kit method – strip test), Test Preparation: None.

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.