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ST 38 is a great point to add to a frozen shoulder or shoulder pain protocol, but also for numbness or pain of the knee, and abdominal pain. #AcupunctureRocks

What is HbA1c?Learn it and stay away from Diabetes complications. The term HbA1c refers to glycated haemoglobin. It develops when haemoglobin, a protein within red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout your body, joins with glucose in the blood, becoming 'glycated'. By measuring glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), clinicians are able to get an overall picture of what our average blood sugar levels have been over a period of weeks/months. For people with diabetes this is important as the higher the HbA1c, the greater the risk of developing diabetes-related complications. HbA1c is also referred to as haemoglobin A1c or simply A1c. Definition of HbA1c HbA1c refers to glycated haemoglobin (A1c), which identifies average plasma glucose concentration. How does HBA1c return an accurate average measurement of average blood glucose? When the body processes sugar, glucose in the bloodstream naturally attaches to haemoglobin. The amount of glucose that combines with this protein is directly proportional to the total amount of sugar that is in your system at that time. Because red blood cells in the human body survive for 8-12 weeks before renewal, measuring glycated haemoglobin (or HbA1c) can be used to reflect average blood glucose levels over that duration, providing a useful longer-term gauge of blood glucose control. If your blood sugar levels have been high in recent weeks, your HbA1c will also be greater. HbA1c targets The HbA1c target for people with diabetes to aim for is: 48 mmol/mol (6.5%) Note that this is a general target and people with diabetes should be given an individual target to aim towards by their health team. An individual HbA1c should take into account your ability to achieve the target based on your day to day life and whether you are at risk of having regular or severe hypos. HbA1c in diagnosis HbA1c can indicate people with prediabetes or diabetes as follows: HbA1c mmol/mol % Normal Below 42 mmol/mol Below 6.0% Prediabetes 42 to 47 mmol/mol Two large-scale studies - the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) and the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) - demonstrated that improving HbA1c by 1% (or 11 mmol/mol) for people with type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes cuts the risk of microvascular complications by 25%. Microvascular complications include: Retinopathy Neuropathy Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease) Research has also shown that people with type 2 diabetes who reduce their HbA1c level by 1% are: [1] 19% less likely to suffer cataracts 16% less likely to suffer heart failure 43% less likely to suffer amputation or death due to peripheral vascular disease How does HbA1c differ from a blood glucose level? HbA1c provides a longer-term trend, similar to an average, of how high your blood sugar levels have been over a period of time. An HbA1c reading can be taken from blood from a finger but is often taken from a blood sample that is taken from your arm. Blood glucose level is the concentration of glucose in your blood at a single point in time, i.e. the very moment of the test. This is measured using a fasting plasma glucose test, which can be carried out using blood taken from a finger or can be taken from a blood sample from the arm. However, fasting glucose tests provide an indication of your current glucose levels only, whereas the HbA1c test serves as an overall marker of what your average levels are over a period of 2-3 months. HbA1c can be expressed as a percentage (DCCT unit) or as a value in mmol/mol (IFCC unit). Since 2009, mmol/mol has been the default unit to use in the UK. Note that the HbA1c value, which is measured in mmol/mol, should not be confused with a blood glucose level which is measured in mmol/l. Use our HbA1c conversion tool to help with switching between the two measurement units. The reason why we share this post is to create awareness to many people and save yourself earlier from the complications of diabetes because we have seen many amputations , strokes, kidney diseases happening in patients who have poor knowledge about this information and I hope you enjoyed your health knowledge with us today and do like our page if you wanna keep yourself updated daily .

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