Pre-Diabetes Treatment Spanish Fork UT

November is American Diabetes Month.  New data suggests 54 million Americans may be on track to develop diabetes within the next 10 years. They have pre-diabetes, a condition where blood sugar is higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes. A special report in the November issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource covers pre-diabetes and what can be done to prevent it from becoming type 2 diabetes, a potentially debilitating and life-threatening disease. Overlooking pre-diabetes is easy because there are often no symptoms. And blood tests for pre-diabetes aren’t administered routinely. People age 45 and older who have never been tested for diabetes should discuss pre-diabetes screening with a physician. A blood glucose test will likely be recommended for those with any of these risk factors:

• A family history of diabetes 
• A body mass index of 25 or higher 
• Low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL or “good”) cholesterol and high triglycerides (another blood fat) 
• High blood pressure 
• A history of gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) or giving birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds 
• Polycystic ovary syndrome 
• An ethnicity disproportionately affected by diabetes, including African-American, American Indian, Hispanic-American/Latino and Asian-American/Pacific Islander