C-Peptide (Urine)

Does this check produce other names?

Connecting peptide insulin, insulin C-peptide, proinsulin C-peptide 

What is that this check?

This urine check seems at how nicely your physique makes the hormone insulin. It is used to assist diagnose blood sugar problems.

Your physique wants insulin to maneuver sugar out of your bloodstream into your cells for vitality. A wholesome pancreas makes equal quantities of insulin and the protein C-peptide. By measuring C-peptide, your healthcare supplier also can study your insulin degree. This check is commonly performed utilizing a blood pattern, however a urine pattern can be used. 

Why do I would like this check?

Measuring C-peptide can present you probably have sort 1 or sort 2 diabetes. With sort 1 diabetes, your physique would not make any insulin. With sort 2 diabetes, your physique would not make sufficient insulin. Or your cells can’t use it usually.

When you’ve got diabetes, the C-peptide check can present how nicely your remedy is working.

The C-peptide check may additionally be performed to search out the reason for low blood sugar. Or it could be performed to verify the exercise of tumors that make insulin.

What different checks would possibly I’ve together with this check?

Your healthcare supplier may additionally need you to have checks, comparable to:

• Blood glucose check. This check measures the quantity of sugar (glucose) in your blood.

• Glucagon check. This check measures the extent of one other hormone made by the pancreas. Glucagon can enhance blood sugar.

• A1C check. This check is also referred to as glycosylated hemoglobin blood check. It’s a measure of your blood glucose ranges over the previous 3 months. It reveals how nicely your blood sugar is managed.

• Insulin assay. This check measures your insulin degree.

What do my check outcomes imply?

Take a look at outcomes could fluctuate relying in your age, gender, well being historical past, and different issues. Your check outcomes could also be totally different relying on the lab used. They could not imply you’ve got an issue. Ask your healthcare supplier what your check outcomes imply for you.

Particular outcomes could fluctuate relying on the lab used for testing. A excessive degree of C-peptide could imply it’s essential to modify the quantity of insulin you are taking. Or it could imply you’ve got a kidney downside. Or you’ll have an insulinoma. It is a tumor that grows within the cells within the pancreas that make insulin.

A degree of C-peptide that is decrease than regular signifies that your physique is not making sufficient insulin. Or it signifies that your pancreas might not be working usually.

How is that this check performed?

This check is completed with a urine pattern. The pattern could also be collected 1 time or over 24 hours. You’ll accumulate a specimen of your urine in a plastic cup with a lid. Chances are you’ll do that at house or on the healthcare supplier’s workplace. Your healthcare supplier will let you know how and when to gather the pattern. Your healthcare supplier will even let you know if it’s essential to accumulate the specimen over 24 hours and do it.

Does this check pose any dangers?

This urine check has no well being dangers. 

What would possibly have an effect on my check outcomes?

Taking insulin in your diabetes can increase your C-peptide degree. Your C-peptide degree also can change in case your kidneys aren’t working usually. The time of your most up-to-date meal could have an effect on your C-peptide degree.

How do I prepare for this check?

Ask your healthcare supplier for instructions about when and accumulate the urine pattern. Inform your healthcare supplier about all medicines, nutritional vitamins, dietary supplements, and herbs you’re taking. This contains medicines that do not want a prescription. Additionally inform your healthcare supplier about any unlawful medicine you employ.