Treatment Goals

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Good blood sugar control requires that you know and understand a few general numbers to help measure how much glucose is in your blood at certain times of the day.

Goals Of Diabetes Treatment

People who don’t have diabetes or pre-diabetes keep their blood sugars between 60 – 100 mg/dl overnight and before meals, and less than 140 mg/dl after meals. Although the ultimate goal of diabetes management is to return the blood sugar to the natural or non-diabetic level, this may be difficult without excessive low blood sugars or hypoglycemia.

What are the blood sugar (glucose) targets for diabetes?

American Diabetes Association Recommendations

A1c*

Types Of Diabetes