People who are prone to diabetes-especially those who have the disease in their family's history-should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition.For a person to finally know whether he or she suffers from diabetes, tests for diagnosis are a must. Although the symptoms can give you a hint whether you are suffering from the illness or not, relying on these are not enough. Experts say that only way to confirm if one has diabetes or not is to get a test. Now, there are so many types of tests that one can get including:random blood glucose test which, unlike the Fasting Plasma Glucose test, doesn't require fasting but the blood samples should be drawn out immediately after the person has eaten or has drunk something;
- oral glucose tolerance test which requires the person to fast not less than 8 hours and prohibits him or her to smoke cigar and drink coffee before drawing the blood sample for the testing;
which is an auto-immune type targeting the body's immune system and the least common type; the "type 2 diabetes" also known as "non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" or "adult-onset diabetes" which is affects the amount of insulin produced in the person's body, and "gestational diabetes" which is common among women who are conceiving or pregnant.
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