Q. Show the Pre-Diabetes Conditions?
Pre-diabetes is a condition which may occur between normal and diabetes stages. It is important for you to know about this group of people, which as stated earlier, you will learn in Block 5, Unit 4. The common types of pre-diabetes are:
- IFG - Insulin Fasting Glucose
- IGT - Impaired Glucose Tolerance
During this pre-diabetes stage, the disease process may be present and there is certain amount of hyperglycemia. But level of sugar may not be high enough to be defined as diabetes. The disease process can cause IFG and/or IGT without fulfilling the criteria for diagnosis. These individuals will become diabetics, over the period of a few years, if they do not take preventive measures. During this stage itself, the complications may also start evolving.