To determine whether you have diabetes or not can be further clarified through clinical symptoms, blood glucose measurement and glucose tolerance test.
1. Clinical symptoms: Typical symptoms of diabetes include excessive drinking, excessive urination, excessive eating, unexplained weight loss, etc. However, tests are needed to determine whether diabetes is present.
2. Blood glucose measurement: Diabetes diagnosis is based on fasting blood glucose, random blood glucose. Diabetes mellitus can be considered with symptoms of diabetes mellitus plus a random blood glucose ≥11.1 mmol per liter, or a fasting blood glucose ≥7.0 mmol per liter.
3. Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT): OGTT is to dissolve 75 grams of anhydrous glucose in 250-300 ml of water and drink it in 5-10 minutes, and then measure the venous plasma glucose at 0.5 hours, 1 hour, 2 hours and 3 hours after fasting and drinking glucose water; OGTT 2-hour blood glucose less than 7.8 mmol per liter is considered to be normal; blood glucose greater than or equal to 11.1 mmol per liter is considered to be diabetes. millimoles per liter is considered diabetes mellitus.
People with suspected diabetes are advised to go to the hospital for further diagnosis.