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A blood glucose test also is known as a blood sugar test. The test helps to diagnose diabetes, pre-diabetes and gestational diabetes. It indicates whether you have high blood glucose level, or hyperglycemia, or low blood glucose, also known as hypoglycemia. Often, testing is advised before meals and at bedtime if you take more than one shot of insulin a day. You may need to test only before breakfast and sometimes before dinner or at bedtime if you use an intermediate- or a long-acting insulin. A blood glucose level between 140 and 199 mg/dL (7.8 and 11 mmol/L) is considered prediabetes. If you have prediabetes, you’re at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. You’re also at risk of heart disease, even if you don’t get diabetes. A blood glucose level of 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) or higher suggests diabetes.
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