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It sounds like you don't really understand what A1C tests are meant for either. There's a reason it's not part of a standard physical while blood sugar is.
by jaywalk 5y ago
It sounds like you don't really understand what A1C tests are meant for either. There's a reason it's not part of a standard physical while blood sugar is.
- mnw21cam 5y agoAnd that reason would be? HbA1C is effectively a measure of the average amount of sugar that has been in your blood over the last couple of months. A spot sugar level is the amount of sugar in your blood right now, and can vary a huge amount, depending on when you last ate, what you ate, and what exercise you have just done. It's less useful. You can do a fasting blood glucose, and a glucose challenge, but these tests are much more inconvenient for the patient. Outside the US, most testing has switched to HbA1C for these reasons.