Question 157 · LEK · Diagnosis
A 56-year-old man comes to the office because of weakness, weight loss, frequent urination, dry mouth, and excessive thirst. The plasma glucose is 264 mg/dl. Indicate the most appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic strategy:
- A. repeat a fasting plasma glucose.
- B. perform an oral glucose tolerance test.
- C. perform a HbA1c test.
- D. diagnose diabetes and start the treatment with diet.
- E. diagnose diabetes and start the pharmacological treatment.
Hint
Classic hyperglycemic symptoms with a random glucose of 200 mg/dL or more are diagnostic on their own.
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