Impaired glucose tolerance

Introduction: Impaired glucose tolerance

Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) means you have some problems with your sugar processing, but you don't (yet) have full diabetes. It is almost a "pre-diabetes" disease and seems very similar to a very mild form of Type 2 diabetes. However, IGT is below the official thresholds for diabetes, so you are not officially diabetic.

Symptoms of Impaired glucose tolerance

• No symptoms - often IGT is too mild for noticeable symptoms.
• Mild Type 2 diabetes symptoms - if they occur, IGT symptoms are similar to the mild early symptoms of Type 2 diabetes.

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Medical Textbooks Online about Impaired glucose tolerance

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Diagnostic Tests for Impaired glucose tolerance

• Physical Examination
• Urine sugar test
• Urine ketones test
• Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) - also called "glucose challenge" test.
• Blood glucose tests

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Causes of Impaired glucose tolerance

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Treatments for Impaired glucose tolerance

• Watchful waiting - in some cases IGT may be mild enough not to require treatment.
• Diet changes
• Weight loss - losing weight has been shown to delay or avoid progression to Type 2 diabetes (and the nasty complications of Type 2 diabetes).
• See also treatment of diabetes
• Copper - possibly used for related copper deficiency

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Types of Impaired glucose tolerance

• Impaired Fasting Glucose
• Gestational Impaired Glucose Tolerance - like IGT, but GIGT is caused by pregnancy, and is thus probably a mild form of gestational diabetes; see the discussion of gestational diabetes.

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Article Excerpts about Impaired glucose tolerance

Diabetes Overview: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) means that blood glucose during the oral glucose tolerance test is higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. IGT is diagnosed when the glucose level is 141 to 199 mg/dL 2 hours after a person is given a drink containing 75 grams of glucose. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes Overview: NIDDK)

Diabetes: NWHIC (Excerpt)

People with test results between "normal" and "diabetes" levels have impaired glucose metabolism and are at risk for developing diabetes, heart attacks, and strokes. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes: NWHIC)