Patient Instructions for Post Prandial Blood Sugar

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I'm trying to make patient instructions for postprandial blood sugar test. Following is what I've made so far.

Patient Instruction for postprandial blood sugar test

Introduction

1. Postprandial means "after a meal."

2. A two-hour postprandial blood sugar test measures blood glucose exactly 2 hours after eating a meal.

3. Normally, your blood glucose levels increase slightly after you eat.

4. In healthy people blood sugar usually goes down 2 hours after eating your meal, but it may still be elevated in people with diabetes.

5. This test is done to know whether a person may have diabetes, or of whether a person who has diabetes is successfully controlling their blood sugar.

Test Instructions

1. Eat a meal that contains carbohydrates.

2. Eat the entire meal within 15 minutes

3 You should rest during the 2 hours between the meal or drink and the blood collection.

4. Do not smoke, eat, drink, or exercise during the 2 hours. These activities cause the blood sugar levels to be falsely low or falsely high.

5 Return to the lab two hours after completion of your meal. Your blood will be drawn again for the 2 hour postprandial blood sugar (glucose).

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