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✓Abdominal obesity
✓ Hypertension
✓ High blood lipid levels (particularly triglycerides)
✓ Insulin resistance and/or initially high insulin blood levels
✓Elevated blood glucose levels

2. Learn about pre-diabetes and special tests for diagnosing diabetes.

2.1 What are the criteria for considering Diabetes Mellitus from insurance
perspective?

To make a diagnosis of potential diabetes mellitus related conditions. It is
necessary to demonstrate a raised level of glucose in the blood either in the
fasting sample or in the sample 2 hr post administration of 75 gram glucose

Other Special Tests for Diagnosing Diabetes

a) Oral Glucose tolerance test

This test is not used communion in the insurance setting as it requires blood samples to be
taken within 2 hrs.

b) Glvcosylated Hemoglobin test

Glucose in the blood sticks to the hemoglobin in red blood cells to make
molecule called Glvcosvlated Hemoglobin. It is present in blood in 3 forms

✓ HbA l a
✓ HbA l b
✓ HbA lc

3. Learn about complications relating to diabetes.

Diabetes is a chronic life-long condition that requires careful control without proper management
it can lead to various complications

3.1 Complications related to Type 2 diabetes:

Long terms complications

The onset of long term complications depends on the control of diabetes, and
their progress is accelerated by poor control of their diabetes.

a) Eye Disease (retinopathy)

Eye disease or retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness and visual
impairment in adults in developed societies.

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