If your patient has a history consistent with an IgE-mediated reaction to penicillin, then consider a penicillin skin test. Skin tests can be done when the patient is well and does not need an antibiotic. Then, if the patient becomes ill at a later time, a penicillin antibiotic can be used, if indicated.
A normal blood sugar level is between 72 mg/dL and 108 mg/dL (4 to 6 mmol/L) for a healthy person. The concentration of glucose in the blood of a healthy person in the morning on an empty stomach is between 68 mg/dL and 108 mg/dL (3.8 and 6.0 mmol/L).
Normal Blood Sugars. A normal fasting (no food for eight hours) blood sugar level is between 70 and 99 mg/dL; A normal blood sugar level two hours after eating is less than 140 mg/dL; Diabetes is diagnosed by any one of the following: Two consecutive fasting blood glucose tests that are equal to or greater than 126 mg/dL; Any random blood glucose that is greater than 200 mg/dL An A1c test that is equal to or greater than 6.5 percent. A1c is an easy blood test that gives a three month average of blood sugars