title: I was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and am getting used to doing daily blood sugar tests and logging my results. Why does my doctor want to do a blood sugar test called A1C every few months, too?
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human