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uswe · 1 year

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Oh hey did u kno a1c (the way blood sugar over time is measured and a diabetes diagnostic) isn’t a number in isolation, it’s specifically in relation to hemoglobin (which is why it’s also called hba1c) and the numbers can be fucked up by anemia?

Anyway I’m going to try to put together an actual for reals study because I am mad as all hell, but poll time!!

#diabetes #a1c #anemia #anemic #health #weight is a super shitty measure of health #diabetes has been declared an epidemic #I am incredibly suspicious though at not testing the iron #it’s a goddamn ratio #you need to know what the denominator is #and theoretically this is health and not my field #but tbh fuck everyone #this is a policy problem #and therefore my field #especially if you’re calling diabetes an epidemic #that makes it emergency management policy related #and therefore entirely my wheelhouse #now that I’m not taking Metformin anymore I has sufficient rage to follow this thread all the way to policies on blood tests

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