{"id":21619,"date":"2026-02-10T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21619"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:46:23","slug":"hemoglobin-a1c-hba1c-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hemoglobin-a1c-hba1c-test\/","title":{"rendered":"HbA1c Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>HbA1c Test Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new study has found that glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), a laboratory test commonly used in India for detecting type-2 diabetes, may not accurately reflect blood glucose levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About HbA1c Test<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>blood test<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that shows your <\/span><b>average level of blood glucose,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also called<\/span><b> blood sugar, over the past two to three months.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Glucose <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a type of sugar in your blood that <\/span><b>comes from the foods<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you eat. Your <\/span><b>cells use glucose for energy.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>hormone <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">calle<\/span><b>d insulin helps glucose get into your cells.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>If you have diabetes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your <\/span><b>body doesn&#8217;t make enough insulin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or your cells don&#8217;t use it well.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, <\/span><b>glucose can&#8217;t get into your cells<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so your <\/span><b>blood glucose levels increase.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Glucose <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in your blood <\/span><b>sticks to hemoglobin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a protein in your red blood cells (RBCs).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As your blood glucose levels increase, more of your hemoglobin will be coated with glucose.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An <\/span><b>A1C test measures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>percentage of <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your <\/span><b>RBCs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that have <\/span><b>glucose-coated<\/b> <b>hemoglobin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An A1C test can show your <\/span><b>average glucose level for the past three months <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glucose sticks to hemoglobin for as long as the RBCs are alive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>RBCs live about three months<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>High A1C levels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are a <\/span><b>sign of high blood glucose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>diabetes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Diabetes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can cause <\/span><b>serious health problems, including heart disease, kidney disease<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>nerve damage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But with treatment and lifestyle changes, you can control your blood glucose levels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/lancet-study-flags-flaws-in-hba1c-test-says-anemia-distorts-diabetes-diagnosis-in-india\/articleshow\/128126246.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test is a blood test that shows your average level of blood glucose, also called blood sugar, over the past two to three months. 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