Patient's question:
My father has diabetes, and he has been feeling dizzy recently. He went to the hospital again to check his blood sugar, and the results showed it was 28. How many stages of diabetes do you have with blood sugar readings of 28?Doctor's answer:
It could be type 2 diabetes. There are three types of diabetes, namely type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes. Prediabetes. At this stage, patients do not have any obvious symptoms. During fasting, both blood glucose and urinary glucose levels are within the normal range. However, after consuming glucose orally, both blood glucose and urinary glucose levels increase. Chemical diabetes period. Early latent diabetic patients still have normal oral glucose tolerance tests. If a cortisone test is administered before the tolerance test, it will show abnormal results.