Diagnostics

Question 1

How can you diagnose GH defiency?

Answer 1

Stimulation test:

• Common stimulants arginine and insulin
• blood samples taken at regular intervals
• If the person has a peak growth hormone response of less than 9 mU/litre diagnose made

Question 2

How can you diagnose diabetes?

Answer 2

• Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test. Indicates your average blood sugar level for the past two to three months. It measures the percentage of blood sugar attached to hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells.
• Fasting blood sugar test.

Question 3

How to diagnose diabetes insipidus?

Answer 3

• Water deprivation test: ot drinking any liquid for several hours to see how your body responds. If you have diabetes insipidus, you’ll continue to pass large amounts of dilute urine, when normally you’d only pass a small amount of concentrated urine.