Diabetes Management Blood Test
Maintaining healthy blood sugar levels is essential to your health. Persistently elevated blood sugar levels may increase your risk of heart disease, kidney damage, and stroke.
This package measures your fasting glucose and HbA1c levels. It also includes a collection of screenings commonly ordered at an annual health visit to help evaluate your overall health by measuring a variety of components including cholesterol and lipids, calcium, electrolytes, as well as liver and kidney function.
If you have been previously diagnosed with diabetes, this screening can be used to monitor aspects of your condition under the supervision of your healthcare provider.
What's Included
Concerned about diabetes? This test can help.
Your metabolism holds the key to your health.
Concerned about your heart health? Measure what matters.
Want a better understanding of your kidney health? This test is a good start.
Why Consider This Test
Screening Recommendations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends that you should be tested if you are:1 Older than 45 years or are overweight, younger than 45 years, and have one or more additional risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, family history of diabetes, African-American, Asian-American, Latino/Hispanic-American, Native American or of Pacific Islander descent and history of gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) or delivering a baby more than 9 pounds.
Management & Prevention
If you have been diagnosed with prediabetes or diabetes by your doctor, it is crucial to carefully monitor blood cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, and weight as a first step in controlling the disease. People with diabetes are at increased risk of serious health complications, including premature death, vision loss, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and amputation of toes, feet, or legs.2,3
Silent Symptoms
There are no symptoms for people with prediabetes, and diabetes may be severe before there are any warning signs. Likewise, people have no way of knowing they have high cholesterol, kidney or liver disease, or high blood pressure without being tested.3
References
- "Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Monitoring of Diabetes." Www.heart.org, https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/diabetes/symptoms-diagnosis--monitoring-of-diabetes?s=q%253Dmonitoring%252520of%252520diabetes%2526sort%253Drelevancy.
- New CDC Report: More than 100 Million Americans Have Diabetes or Prediabetes | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-report.html.Last reviewed: July 18, 2017.
- “Know Your Health Numbers.” American Heart Association, https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/diabetes/prevention--treatment-of-diabetes/know-your-health-numbers Last reviewed August 2015.
How To Get This Test
1. Choose your tests
Shop for tests and pay online. An independent physician will review and approve your test requests; no doctor’s visit is required.
2. Provide Your Sample
Take the requisition number we emailed you, along with a photo ID, to a Labcorp location for sample collection.
3. Access your results online
View your easy-to-read results online in your Pixel by Labcorp account. For certain results that require prompt attention, you will also be contacted by phone or mail.
Getting My Results
We've made getting your results easier and more convenient than ever. View your easy-to-read results online in your Pixel by Labcorp account. For certain results that require prompt attention, you will also be contacted by phone or mail. To view a sample report click the "sample report" button below.
