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@johnbishop

@nullz - I thought I would share the link to the article for you since you are not yet able to post links as a new member.

-- Peripheral Neuropathy and “Borderline” Diabetes: https://www.jabfm.org/content/17/2/127

I noticed you joined July 25th and might now be able to post links. Have you tried posting any links lately?

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nullz | @nullz | Aug 1, 2022

Thanks, John. I tried posting a link in my previous message, but got virtually slapped upside the head. 😉

Last week I had a doctor tell me that an OGTT is only useful for diagnosing gestational diabetes, and that it would be a waste of time for diagnosing SFN. And yet the literature is replete with recommendations to perform IGT testing tin the face of idiopathic SFN. Yet another sign that our medical system has…issues.

(For better or worse, it’s pretty easy to do a OGTT at home. That said, converting from pinprick-based glucose levels to the similar but not identical venous levels, which the diagnostic criteria assume, isn’t straight-forward if you’re a borderline case.)

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