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See the questions on the Diabetes Hands Foundation Facebook page Tudiabetes.org
Q. Diabetes mellitus is defined as: (from June 3, 2016)
A. Too much sugar or glucose in your blood stream
B. Too much insulin, a hormone, in your blood stream
C. Weighing too much
Answer
A. Diabetes mellitus is defined as an elevated blood sugar, which means too much sugar in your blood stream. Specifically, diabetes is diagnosed if you have a before breakfast (fasting) plasma glucose of 126 mg/dl or higher, and/or a plasma glucose of 200 mg/dl or higher after an oral glucose tolerance test.
http://dtc.ucsf.edu/learning-library/quizzes/facts-about-diabetes/
