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Does Alcohol Intake Elevate Blood Sugar Levels?
afternoon 3.30pm i taken an alcohal & next day i went medicale check up there doctors supecting that I am a sugar patient.But doctor doest know I was taken alocohal last day.Myself also forgotten.Can u tell me alcohal taken very next day wht is the affect of sugars in urine
Thu, 24 Jul 2014
Dear sir i can understand your concern
Yes alcohol is having lot of calories and there is a slight chance that it might affect your sugars.
But since you are are not a known case of diabetes i suggest you to go for test like Hba1c% which will not show much variation
Hba1c% more than 6.5% is considered as diabetes and it will not be effected by alcohol taken one or two days before.
And urine sugar is not at all a criteria for diagnosis diabetes because there are many substance in urine which will mimic as sugar during testing.
Regards
Dr vamsi krishna
Diabetologist
Yes alcohol is having lot of calories and there is a slight chance that it might affect your sugars.
But since you are are not a known case of diabetes i suggest you to go for test like Hba1c% which will not show much variation
Hba1c% more than 6.5% is considered as diabetes and it will not be effected by alcohol taken one or two days before.
And urine sugar is not at all a criteria for diagnosis diabetes because there are many substance in urine which will mimic as sugar during testing.
Regards
Dr vamsi krishna
Diabetologist
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