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Fasting means after not having anything to eat or drink except water for at least 8 hours before the test. This test is usually done first thing in the morning, before breakfast.
The OGTT is a two-hour test that checks your blood sugar levels before and two hours after you drink a special sweet drink. It tells the doctor how your body processes sugar. Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have "prediabetes"—blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.
Doctors sometimes refer to prediabetes as impaired glucose tolerance IGT or impaired fasting glucose IFG , depending on what test was used when it was detected. This condition puts you at a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Some people with prediabetes may have some of the symptoms of diabetes or even problems from diabetes already.
You usually find out that you have prediabetes when being tested for diabetes.
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