Blood test for sugar in children
The level of glucose in the blood of a child is determined only if there is evidence. Why such an analysis can be assigned, how to properly prepare for it and what can its results tell?
Indications for analysis
The main indication for determining the blood glucose of a child is suspected type 1 diabetes.
Such symptoms as:
- abundant urine,
- strong thirst
- a great need for sweets
- weakness a few hours after eating,
- changes in appetite and mood
- losing weight
The baby will also be sent for this analysis if his relatives have diabetes or the child weighed more than 4.5 kilograms at birth.
Where to take the analysis?
Blood tests are carried out in the laboratories of public clinics, as well as in other medical institutions - in hospitals, medical centers, private laboratories.
Training
Since blood is taken on an empty stomach for glucose analysis, and eating food can affect results, Before the study, the child should not eat anything for at least 8 hours.
In the morning, before you go to donate blood, you can give the child only clean water. In addition, the child should not be cleaned in the morning before giving blood to the teeth, as sugar is sucked into the blood from the toothpaste through the gums, which can also affect the result.
How to decipher the analysis?
If the child had a fasting blood test, the results are less than 5.5 mmol / liter (for children under 5 years old - less than 5 mmol / liter, and for children in the first year of life - less than 4.4 mmol / liter) are normal.
With an increase in the index above 6.1 mmol / liter, the doctor notes the risk diabetes and sends the child to re-analysis to ensure the truth of the result.
Also, the child can be assigned to the definition of glycated hemoglobin, the norm of which is the content of less than 5.7%. Norm of blood sugar in children was discussed in more detail in another article.
