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Overview on Glucose Tolerance Testing in Primary Health Care

Faisal Suliman Algaows, Hasan Taha Obaid, Saleh Mohammed AL Sharyah, Dhafer Ahmed Alshehri, Yazeed Hadi Alharbi, Haitham Ahmed Althawab, Abdulrahman Mustafa Adnan, Abdalrhman Nbil Bokhari, Mohammed Abduljalil Alkhamis, Abdulaziz Ahmed Alansari, Talal Saad Alharbi, Nadia Mubarak Alghamdi, Saeed Oudah Alasiri

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · pp. 23–29 · Published 18 Oct 2021

10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i46B32910

Abstract

The glucose tolerance test can be performed in a variety of situations. To evaluate a person's capacity to manage a glucose load, a glucose tolerance test is utilised. The test can determine whether or not a person can metabolise a specific amount of glucose. and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) has been the standard method for detecting prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Diabetes causes anomalies in glucose, lipid, and protein metabolism due to insulin's ineffective action on target tissues, so health care providers making this test to determine a person's ability to handle a glucose load. In this article we will be looking at the testing procedures, normal and abnormal results and primary heath care role's to improve the results and treatmentof prediabetics .

Glucose tolerance OGTT prediabetics type 2 diabetes

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