On Tue, 06 Nov 2018 23:19:18 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 22:38 6 Nov 2018, Boron Elgar > wrote in
:
>
>> On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 20:15:45 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Cheri > wrote:
>>>> "Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
>>>> news >>>>> Pamela > wrote:
>>>>>> On 00:37 5 Nov 2018, Jinx the Minx > wrote in
>>>>>> news >>>>>>
>>>>>>> John Kuthe > wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 10:16:50 AM UTC-6, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>> OK, so how do you know that it was only bad once? Is he testing
>>>>>>>>> every day? Two hours after meals for instance?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Uh oh! All of a sudden, Cheri is an EXPERT in diabetic nursing!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And Cheri, I'll let you know I did my elective in diabetic
>>>>>>>> nursing, so if you need to know anything in that area of nursing
>>>>>>>> just ask me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What do they consider an OK A1c in the
>>>>>>>>> UK for annual test? Not trying to be a smart aleck, just
>>>>>>>>> curious.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 7 is the norm for an A1c level in the U.S. I don't know about
>>>>>>>> anywhere else.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 7 is considered diabetic in the U.S.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some sites sites say anything over 6.5 is diabetic. It's worrying
>>>>>> someone like John who claims to have trained in diabetic nursing
>>>>>> doesn't know that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree, the threshold is much lower than 7. I just called out 7
>>>>> since that’s the value JK said was “the norm”. It’s little wonder
>>>>> how medical
>>>>> errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
>>>>
>>>> My doc, fairly young from India, wants to have type 2's shoot for
>>>> 6.5 or lower with the A1c, even into the 5's ideally.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>>
>>>I’m no doctor but I am a T2, and I agree with that! My last A1C was
>>>5.4.
>>
>> Guidelines have recently been revised based on long term studies of
>> risks and benefits. The suggestion used to be lower HbA1C levels in
>> thinking that it would help reduce microvascular complications.
>> Studies have not borne that out, thought so...
>>
>> T2 goals are now between 7.0 and 8.0.
>>
>> http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/26...in-1c-targets-
>> glycemic-control-pharmacologic-therapy-nonpregnant-adults-type
>
>Doesn't that article say 7 or 8 is advised as the T2 threshold only for
>patients with "multiple chronic conditions or shorter lifespan"?
>Otherwise it's 6.5.
>
>Have I read it correctly?

No. That was not a conclusion of the study, but one of the many
organizational recommendations among those being evaluated.