Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Why Your Doctor Cares About Hemoglobin A1c 🩸 #Diabetes #Health

20 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief educational segment, Dr. Anne Truong explains that hemoglobin A1c reflects a person’s average blood glucose over roughly the past 90 days, making it a more comprehensive indicator than a single fasting glucose measurement. She emphasizes why clinicians focus on A1c to assess long‑term diabetes control. Dr. Truong then shares a patient story—referred to as Robert—who presented with severe erectile dysfunction and a prior stroke. By following a blood‑sugar‑lowering program, Robert was able to gradually reverse these complications, regaining erectile function (“morning wood”) as his glucose levels improved.

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And those of you that are diabetic, what I mean when I say hemoglobin A1C, because if you have diabetes, you go see the doctor, the doctor is gonna get on your case about hemoglobin A1C, right? Because hemoglobin A1C represents your blood sugar within the last 90 days. So that's why it's an important blood test to measure, and it tells the doctor what your blood sugar has been versus just the fasting glucose. So the point I'm trying to make here is that one of the members, let's just call call him Robert, one of the members, came in with severe ED and a stroke, and now he's able to slowly reverse that by bringing down his blood sugar by following the program. And now he's starting to have morning wood.