Know Your A1C
We received this VERY important message to spread the word about the importance of knowing your A1C.
This campaign represents the first ever national public education campaign supported by a coalition of leading nonprofit diabetes organizations, including the ADA, JDRF, American Association of Diabetes Educators and the National Council of La Raza. Check out the new campaign site at: http://www.DiabetesA1C.org.
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Comment by john owen-jones on January 12, 2010 at 7:05am -
That site (http://www.DiabetesA1C.org.) is totally unusable its a mess of flash and tries to be clever instead it makes any information it holds inaccessible.
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Comment by Jenny on September 17, 2007 at 7:00am -
Knowing your A1c is important.
Knowing that for Type 2s, an A1c of 7% is high enough to cause blindness is a significant number of people is even more important. Yes, it reduces retinopathy, but it doesn't by any means eliminate it, and people with 7% A1cs almost ALL develop significant neuropathy (nerve pain leading to amputation.)
The 7% A1c is MUCH TOO HIGH for people with Type 2 diabetes. A safe A1c is most likely in the 5% range. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists recommends 6.5%, but the lower, the better.
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