A1C test has many benefits in better blood-glucose control and diabetes treatment. It has some drawbacks, because A1C test needs to be standardized.
A1C Tests Benefits
- A1C test help us to find whether our self-testing results are going on correctly. Even many errors in our home glucose test come to light and help us to correct our mistakes.
- confirm whether a treatment plan is working or need modification. If the A1C result is not within your target, then you can change your treatment accordingly.
- confirms a healthy choice and good strict diabetes care can cause a change in diabetes control.
- help us to maintain a healthy blood-glucose level thus diabetes complications can be avoided or postponed.
A1C Test Flaws
- Even if you are having A1C test for every 3 months, you cannot avoid regular home blood-glucose level test. Regular checking is requiring for immediate glucose level correction treatment.
- A1C level measurement by each lab uses a different technique, so the test result from different labs may give a different result for same blood sample. For the same sample, one lab may give 8, and another may give 9. That means one lab says the treatment produces good result, and another says the treatment is not up to the mark.
- Therefore, if you change the lab for A1C test, then your test numbers may need to be seeing differently.