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A fairly simple laboratory test, called a glucose tolerance test
(G77), as bee! de"elopedto ide!tify a perso! #o is prediabetic$ %e
s&b'ect eiter s#allo#s a dri!( co!tai!i!) *+
)rams of )l&cose or is )i"e! te same amo&!t
i!tra"e!o&sly$ %ereafter is blood s&)ar is
determi!ed at set i!ter"als o"er a t#oo&r period$ If is
blood s&)ar le"el remai!s
ab!ormally i) for too lo!), e is said to be a prediabetic or to
a"e chemical diabetes.
All ad<s so&ld a"e teir &ri!e tested at least o!ce
a year for te prese!ce of s&)ar$Some ad<s a!d yo&!)er
perso!s so&ld a"e more fre-&e!t &ri!e tests a!d
peraps
periodic )l&cose tolera!ce test s$ .ot of tese possibi li
ties a"e to be determi!ed
i!di"id&ally by te atte!di!) pysicia!$Ge!etically, diabetes
as ma!y caracteristics of a /e!delia! recessi"e i!erited
disease$ %eoretically te ca!ces are o!e i! fo&r of a cild
de"elopi!) diabetes if
o!e pare!t as te disease it is almost i!e"itable if bot a"e it$
%ese are ob"io&sly
importa!t factors for diabetics to co!sider before tey a"e
cildre!, partic&larly #e!
bot prospecti"e pare!ts a"e diabetes$
%e perso! #o de"elops diabetes today as a far better ca!ce for a
!ormal life ta!a patie!t of o!ly o!e )e!eratio! or t#o a)o$ %e
de"elopme!t of i!s&li! terapy i! te
120s a!d oral ypo)lycemic dr&)s i! te late 1+0s as made it
possible for "ictims of a
still "ery serio&s disease to add ma!y acti"e,
prod&cti"e years to teir li"es$ C&rre!t
researc i! te field of carboydrate metabolism offers te promise
of still more effecti"e
co!trol of tis i!sidio&s ailme!t i! f&t&re
years$
adapted from The New Complete Medical and Health
Encyclopedia,edited byRichard J. Wagman a!dJ. G. Ferguson, 1834
