{"id":9914,"date":"2022-01-06T13:55:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/clinical\/internal-medicine\/metabolism\/prediabetic-conditions\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T21:18:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:18:44","slug":"prediabetic-conditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/clinical\/internal-medicine\/metabolism\/prediabetic-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Prediabetic conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Prediabetic conditions<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prediabetes is a phase in which there is <strong>impaired glucose tolerance<\/strong> (IGT) or <strong>impaired fasting glucose<\/strong> (IFG), and the glucose values are insufficient for the diagnosis of diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Prediabetes can be classified into <strong>IGT <\/strong>and <strong>IFG<\/strong>.<ul><li>IGT has normal fasting glucose and abnormal response to glucose intake, wheres IFG has elevated fasting glucose, and normal response to glucose intake.<\/li><li>Both conditions can co-exist.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Prediabetes usually has no symptoms except for a dark patch on the neck, armpits, elbows, and knees (<strong>acanthosis nigricans<\/strong>).<\/li><li><strong>Contributing factors<\/strong> for the development of prediabetes include obesity, dylipidemia, familial history, older age, PCOS, smoking, and lack of exercise.<\/li><li>It can transition to diabetes if not handled appropriately.<\/li><li><strong>Diagnosis<\/strong> includes fasting blood glucose measurement and 75g GOTT.<ul><li><strong>Impaired fasting glucose<\/strong> involves abnormal fasting glucose values (<strong>5.6-6.9mmol\/L<\/strong>) and normal GOTT (&lt;7.8mmol\/L).<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Impaired glucose tolerance<\/strong> involves normal fasting glucose (&lt;5.6mmol\/L) and abnormal GOTT (<strong>7.8-11.0mmol\/L<\/strong> after 2 hours).<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Treatment. <\/strong>Patients with prediabetes do not require medical therapy, but proper diet, weight-loss, and exercise which may help reverse the process, and return the patint to normal glucose levels.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prediabetic conditions<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prediabetic conditions Prediabetes is a phase in which there is impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG), and the glucose values are insufficient for the diagnosis of diabetes. Prediabetes can be classified into IGT and IFG. 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