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Should I Go The Urgent Care For Ligheadedness And Dizziness With High Glucose In My Urine?

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Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2014
Question: Yes, as of the 30th of December I had a urinalysis done and it showed greater than 1,000 glucose in my urine. So blood was drawn for a blood glucose level and A1c test. Yesterday that result came back as Blood glucose level of 493 mg/dL. My Hemoglobin A1c level was 10.1. I have been feeling light headed and dizzy and was wondering if I need to go to the urgent care and get a shot of insulin today. I would appreciate your opinion on this. Thanks
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Answered by Dr. Chobufo Ditah (1 hour later)
Brief Answer: YES Detailed Answer: Hi, Thank you so much for trusting us with your health query. Your numbers are conclusive for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. I am so sorry about recent diagnosis of diabetes. Your values are very concerning and it would be nice to go to the hospital to get this blood glucose values managed accordingly. I can bet you have been drinking and urinating so much. This high sugar would actually correlate with a drop in your blood volume(dehydration) which explains why you are feeling light headache and dizziness. If nothing is done urgently, you can easily get into a state of hyperosmolar coma which would not be good. I will suggest that you start drinking as much water as you can. Also, find your way urgently to the ER or UR for immediate medical attention. For sure, this recurrent vaginal itches was very suggestive of a possible predisposing factor like diabetes. I will find it hard to accept you have not been having repeated episodes of vaginal candidosis with high blood glucose values like these. I hope you find this helpful. I wish you well. Thank you so much for using our services and please do feel free to ask for more information if need. Thanks. Dr. Ditah, MD.
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Should I Go The Urgent Care For Ligheadedness And Dizziness With High Glucose In My Urine?

Brief Answer: YES Detailed Answer: Hi, Thank you so much for trusting us with your health query. Your numbers are conclusive for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. I am so sorry about recent diagnosis of diabetes. Your values are very concerning and it would be nice to go to the hospital to get this blood glucose values managed accordingly. I can bet you have been drinking and urinating so much. This high sugar would actually correlate with a drop in your blood volume(dehydration) which explains why you are feeling light headache and dizziness. If nothing is done urgently, you can easily get into a state of hyperosmolar coma which would not be good. I will suggest that you start drinking as much water as you can. Also, find your way urgently to the ER or UR for immediate medical attention. For sure, this recurrent vaginal itches was very suggestive of a possible predisposing factor like diabetes. I will find it hard to accept you have not been having repeated episodes of vaginal candidosis with high blood glucose values like these. I hope you find this helpful. I wish you well. Thank you so much for using our services and please do feel free to ask for more information if need. Thanks. Dr. Ditah, MD.