My random blood sugar is 178.Does it affect my kidney?Is there any side effects to lorvas?
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Anything OVER 100 is TOO HIGH.
It will eventually affect your body.
There are side effects with any and all medications.
Ask your DOCTOR which one would be best for you!
The 2 medications you mentioned are NOT spelled correctly!!!
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Ideal blood sugar should run between 80 -100. If you've just eaten, depending on how sugary the meal was (i.e. complex sugars like cake with icing, regular soft drink, etc...) you blood sugar WILL elevate. If your body is producing insulin efficiently, your blood sugar level should return to a normal range within an hour or two.
When you did your random test, how long before had you eaten? What type of foods did you eat? Ideally with a random test, your blood sugar should be not much higher than 100. Anything higher than that may suggest Pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes, in many cases, can be "reversed" with diet and exercise.
Before taking meds, I would request to do a fasting blood sugar test or a two hour glucose tolerance test. You do not eat for a designated time, have your blood sugar tested. Then they either give you a large dose of glucose to drink or ask you to go eat a large meal and return at a specified time (about an hour or two after the meal) and test your blood sugar again. This would be a better/more accurate indication of how your body is processing sugars and/or producing insulin. Even still, I would try to control my blood sugar with diet and exercise first, before taking medications.
If you are diagnosed with diabetes, and you do not keep your blood sugars within a specified range (80-100) then damage can occur not only to the kidneys, but all major organs. Letting your blood sugar stay out of control over the long term results in decreased wound healing, kidney failure (most diabetics eventually need dialysis to cleanse their blood of toxins normally excreted thru urine), retinopathy (you can have vision loss, even complete blindness), neuropathy (numbness to extremities, especially feet... causes inability to recognize pain which makes it difficult for the person to realize an injury has occured => leads to loss of toes, feet, and leg ampuations). Being diabetic also causes an accumulation of plaque in blood vessels, thereby increasing your risk for heart attack, stroke, etc..
exercise and eating right are crucial, even with medication. Get a more accurate test first. Hope this helps.
Link to more information about the different types of blood sugar testing: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/blood-sugar/SA00102/SI=2279
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