Glossary

Glossary


Oral glucose tolerance test
A test to see if you have diabetes. The test is given in a lab or health care professional's office in the morning before you have eaten. A first sample of blood is taken from you. Then you drink a liquid that has glucose (sugar) in it. After one hour, a second blood sample is drawn, and, after another hour, a third sample is taken. The object is to see how well the body deals with the glucose in the blood over time.
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