Impaired glucose tolerance
Impaired glucose tolerance: Introduction
Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) means you have some problems with your sugar processing,
but you don't (yet) have full diabetes.
It is almost a "pre-diabetes" disease and
seems very similar to a very mild form of Type 2 diabetes.
However, IGT is below the official thresholds for diabetes,
so you are not officially diabetic.
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Medical Books Excerpts
- GLYCOSURIA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
- [ read ]
- Diabetes Mellitus
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
- [ read ]
Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Misdiagnosis and Impaired glucose tolerance
Metabolic syndrome often undiagnosed: Metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, is
an often overlooked medical condition that causes a cluster of chronic symptoms.
There are often four symptoms and conditions...read more »
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart attack, or from...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder.
Some...read more »
Cluster of diseases with difficult diagnosis issues: There is a well-known list of
medical conditions that are all somewhat difficult to diagnose, and all can present
in a variety of different severities.
Diseases in this group include ...read more »
Poorly healing leg rashes a classic sign of chronic disease: Recurring leg rashes,
or poorly healing leg rashes, are a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes,
particularly of...read more »
Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps,
particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes.
However, there are also various other causes.
See causes of leg...read more »
Over-diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in obese patients: A diagnosis
of pulmonary hypertension, particularly pulmonary arterial hypertension,
is often a misdiagnosis in obese patients.
Exertional dyspnea leads to a diagnostic...read more »
Obesity-related conditions undiagnosed in children: A variety of conditions
are associated with obesity (see obesity), but these tend to be undiagnosed more often
in child patients than in adults....read more »
Misdiagnosed weight-related causes of infertility: A woman's weight status
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Types of Impaired glucose tolerance
Types of Impaired glucose tolerance
- Impaired Fasting Glucose
- Gestational Impaired Glucose Tolerance - like IGT, but GIGT is caused by pregnancy, and is thus probably a mild form of gestational diabetes; see the discussion of gestational diabetes.
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Diabetes Overview: NIDDK (Excerpt)
Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)
means that blood glucose during the oral glucose tolerance test is higher
than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. IGT is
diagnosed when the glucose level is 141 to 199 mg/dL 2 hours after a
person is given a drink containing 75 grams of glucose.
(Source: excerpt from Diabetes Overview: NIDDK)
Diabetes: NWHIC (Excerpt)
People with test results between "normal" and "diabetes" levels have
impaired glucose metabolism and are at risk for developing diabetes, heart
attacks, and strokes. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes: NWHIC)
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