Dr Sheharyar Quraishi, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist talks about routine tests used for people with Type 1 Diabetes. These include blood tests like HbA1c and Cholesterol. Also urine tests and sometimes liver function blood tests are done.
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So, in routine practice, we will check an HPLNC, which essentially the blood test, which tells you your blood sugar levels for the last three months on an average. We will check patient's kidney function. We will check patient's cholesterol or the lipid profile, which is impaired with type 1 diabetes. We would also check for fission's urine protein, which essentially estimates the amount of retinopathy, which essentially damages the kidneys. And in some circumstances, it was also checked in liver function tests. But in routine, we'd like to look essentially in crux onto the blood sugars, by effect on cholesterol and look for major things in the blood that would give us an idea that patients either develop complications
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