Glucose tests
Glucose tests are the primary tests used in the diagnostics of diabetes mellitus and some other diseases.
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases, and its first symptoms may be not recognised by some patients. Diabetes mellitus is diagnosed for the increasing number of the patients. Diabetes mellitus has affected about 60 million of people in the Europe and even one third of them are not aware about being ill. In Lithuania diabetes mellitus affects one person out of 20.
Diabetes mellitus is a disease, which develops when the pancreas produces too little insulin – a hormone that regulates blood glucose levels, or when the body is unable to use effectively insulin produced by the body.
Based on the development mechanism there are two types of diabetes mellitus.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus accounts for 5-10 percent of all diabetes cases. It usually affects children or young people, however it can develop in people of different age. The exact cause of this type diabetes mellitus is still unclear, however it has been suggested that the process is predetermined by genes. The disease manifestation can be provoked by different external factors, such as viral infection, stress and many others. The immune system of a person with type 1 diabetes mellitus starts to fight anf kills the insulin producing pancreatic cells. This is autoimmune diabetes mellitus. As blood insulin levels reduce, blood glucose cannot reach the tissue cells, thus its blood levels increase.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is found in more than 90 percent of all diabetic patients; this disease is predisposed by obesity, lack of physical activity, life style and genetic predisposition. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with insulin deficiency or its insufficient activity in different body tissues (tissues are resistant to insulin effect). The body tissues assimilate smaller amount of carbohydrates received with food (they are metabolised to glucose in the body). The pancreatic cells are able for some time to maintain normal glucose levels by producing increased levels of insulin. However, eventually pancreatic reserves become reduced and blood glucose levels increase (hyperglycaemia) At the beginning mild hyperglycaemia develops, which later transforms into type 2 diabetes mellitus. Type 2 diabetes mellitus develops gradually and insensibly, the disease may start without any symptoms. Usually diabetes mellitus is diagnosed during prophylactic check-ups or when disease complications develop.
Glucose tests are recommended if:
- you have diabetes mellitus,
- during pregnancy for diabetes prevention,
- if you are overweighted,
- your blood pressure is increased,
- you have increased cholesterol or triglyceride levels,
- you have family history of diabetes mellitus,
- glucose test prophylactically should be carried out at least once per year.
Glucose tests should be carried out after fasting up to 8-14 hours before the test.
Reservation is not required, just come to the Centre and contact the reception.
Glucose tests
What factors affect the price?
The prices indicated below apply to citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and the European Union.
If you are coming from another country please check the price by telephoning or sending an email.
Why it is worth
To be examined at our Centre?
- Your tests will be carried out ensuring high quality. This is proved by ISO 15189 accreditation of the laboratory.
- The test results obtained in our laboratory will be explained by laboratory professionals.
Such service in our country is offered only in few laboratories. - If necessary, within 7 days after blood collection we can carry out additional tests using the same collected blood sample. This is important for a child or for the patients coming from other cities!
- There is no risk of damaging or confounding samples during transportation, which is statistically one of the most common causes of sample damage in the laboratories.
