Showing posts with label sugar in blood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sugar in blood. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 February 2011

Blood glucose or blood sugar?

Blood sugar is the layman's term for blood glucose.

In medicine, we will use blood glucose.

In daily coversation, we can use blood sugar.

Please avoid using blood sugar in exams. Glucose is a specific blood sugar; glucose is a monosaccharide. All saccharides fall under the general term "sugar".