IGT

Introduction: IGT

Description of IGT

IGT (medical condition): Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) means you have some problems with your sugar processing, but you don't (yet) have full diabetes. ...more

IGT: See also:

Impaired glucose tolerance:
  »Introduction: Impaired glucose tolerance
  »Symptoms of Impaired glucose tolerance
  »Treatments for Impaired glucose tolerance

IGT as a Disease

IGT: Another name for Impaired glucose tolerance (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Impaired glucose tolerance
  »Symptoms of Impaired glucose tolerance
  »Treatments for Impaired glucose tolerance

IGT: Related Diseases

IGT: IGT is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Diabetes
• Pancreas conditions
• Diabetes-like conditions
• Endocrine system conditions

Symptoms of IGT (Impaired glucose tolerance)

Some of the symptoms of IGT incude:

• No symptoms - often IGT is too mild for noticeable symptoms.
• Mild Type 2 diabetes symptoms - if they occur, IGT symptoms are similar to the mild early symptoms of Type 2 diabetes.

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Treatments for IGT (Impaired glucose tolerance)

Treatments for IGT (Impaired glucose tolerance) include:

• Watchful waiting - in some cases IGT may be mild enough not to require treatment.
• Diet changes
• Weight loss - losing weight has been shown to delay or avoid progression to Type 2 diabetes (and the nasty complications of Type 2 diabetes).
• See also treatment of diabetes
• Copper - possibly used for related copper deficiency

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Treatment of IGT: For more treatment information about IGT, see treatment of Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)

IGT: Article Excerpts about Impaired glucose tolerance

Diabetes Overview: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) means that blood glucose during the oral glucose tolerance test is higher ... (Source: excerpt from Diabetes Overview: NIDDK)

Diabetes: NWHIC (Excerpt)

People with test results between "normal" and "diabetes" levels have impaired glucose metabolism... (Source: excerpt from Diabetes: NWHIC)

IGT as a Symptom

IGT (symptom): Type of Diabetes-like symptoms.

More information on symptom: Diabetes-like symptoms:

• Diabetes-like symptoms

IGT: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to IGT:

• obesity
• hypertension
• syndrome X
• oral hypoglycaemic agents
• diabetic coma
• hypoglycaemia
• diabetic ulcer
• diabetic foot
• oral thrush

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