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Ants beside the toilet are not indicators of high blood sugar

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According to the clinical care guidelines of the Diabetes Society, the blood glucose value can be used to diagnose diabetes, but the blood glucose value mentioned is the plasma blood glucose value , and the blood glucose value measured by the general blood glucose machine is the blood glucose value of the whole blood.

The concept of whole blood is as shown in the figure below. The whole tube of blood containing plasma and blood cells is whole blood, so the general blood sugar machine is whole blood, so its blood sugar value is the blood sugar value of whole blood.

The concept of plasma is as shown in the figure below. Plasma is the whole blood that has been separated into plasma and blood cells. The plasma blood glucose value is sent to the biochemical analyzer shown in the figure below to measure blood glucose, so it is called plasma blood glucose value.

Because the readings are not interfered with by blood cells, and the biochemical instrument is highly precise, it is the golden standard for medical diagnosis.

The whole blood glucose value in the picture above is less accurate than the plasma measurement of the biochemical analyzer because it will be interfered by blood cells. It can only be used as a reference for personal monitoring and cannot be used for diagnosis.

Please refer to the following diagnostic criteria for diabetes, please note that it refers to fasting plasma glucose, that is, fasting plasma glucose , not only plasma glucose , but to be measured on an empty stomach

In addition, there are glycated hemoglobin, oral glucose tolerance and other manual diagnosis.

Generally, the purpose of blood glucose machine registration in regulations is self-monitoring, that is, if a patient is diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes in the hospital, the blood glucose level before/after meals is monitored by the home blood glucose machine, and the intake of food should be paid attention to at any time to avoid blood sugar levels. too high.

But because of its inherent inaccuracy, it is not suitable for the diagnosis of diabetes.

In case of suspicion of related symptoms, it is advisable to consult a professional physician.