FACTOR AFFECTING FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE RESULTS

Taking a FASTING blood glucose test?

See the factors that affect your results:

1. The time you ate your last meal before the test ie too early or late at the night. 

2. The type of meal you ate last before the test time (is it heavy carb, light carb etc)

3. Activities you engage in during the interface before testing.

4. Eating food before the blood sample collection. Note that water, tea, soft drinks, juice etc are all considered as food for the purpose of this test.

*Fasting duration before test is 8-10hours preferably over night.

*The longer the fasting time the lower the test values and the shorter the fasting time the higher the test values, so try to observe your fasting within the stipulated range.

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DIABETES AND SEX

Sex is a vital part of life. It's climax is what makes the game desirable and pleasurable.
There are lots of factors that can contribute to sexual problems in both men and women. This factors include:
- hormonal changes
- medications
- emotional issues
- diabetes
The cause of your sexual problem will determine where you can effectively get help. For example if the problem is with hormone, for women, you can go to a gynaecologist, if its emotional, a mental health doctor will be of utmost help.
In our society, people find discussing sex quite embarrassing least opening up when they have a problem. It helps as soon as you notice any changes either with sexual desire or arousal, find a health professional who can help, else it can get worse.
For the purpose of this discussion, I will focused on diabetes as a factor of sex problem.
Some sexual complications due to diabetes are peculiar to gender.

For women
Most times the sexual problem in women have to do with emotions than the actual diabetes. They feel generally unwell, worried, depressed and so not always ready for sex. When a woman is not emotionally ready for sex, she is likely not to enjoy it physically.
Lack of sexual arousal in women can be caused by :
- Lack of desire for sex
- Medications
- Depression
- Pregnancy fear
- Hormonal changes
- Vaginal infections
- Urinary tract infection
To help solve some of the problems and improve on your sexual relationship below are some tips you can try:
- You can talk to your partner and discuss some of the things that make you feel romantic and get in the mood and practice them.
- There are medication especially those used for treatment of depression that will not affect your sexual health.
- Find out from your doctor how better you can prevent pregnancy as a diabetic
- Get proper treatment for vaginal infections to prevent pains during intercourse as well as itchy vagina.