Diagnosis of Diabetes

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In order to diagnose diabetes, your GP will ask for a urine sample. This will be tested to see if it contains glucose. Sometimes you will also need to have a blood test to make sure that the diagnosis is right.

If your glucose levels are not high enough for the doctor to diagnose diabetes, you may have an oral glucose tolerance test. The doctor will give you a glucose drink and take blood tests every half an hour for two hours to see how your body is dealing with the glucose.