Is diabetes detected in blood tests or urine tests? Would it show up on blood tests or is there any way it would go unnoticed?
1 Answer
Apr 4, 2016
Yes, diabetes can be detected by both blood and urine tests. It is impossible not to detect diabetes because the tests are so elaborate now and would require fasting.
Explanation:
By blood, it can be detected by a procedure called fasting blood sugar where you do not eat or drink anything strictly for 8 hours and the normal range would be 70-100 mg/dl. Anything higher than that then the individual has a very high chance that he/she have diabetes. In the urine test, it has to be less than or equal to 130 mg/dl. The problem with the urine test though is that there is no fasting involved so there's a chance that the test will be inaccurate.
