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What Is Hyperglycemia
When you do not have enough insulin to process the sugar, it builds up and results in high blood sugar levels. This can result in you not having enough energy for daily living. Hyperglycemia can also lead to complications, such as heart or kidney disease.
If you have been diagnosed with type one or type two diabetes, this means you have hyperglycemia or high blood sugar. Diabetes is the official disease diagnosed if your body continually has a high blood sugar level. There is no cure for high blood sugar, but there are things you can do for proper maintenance.
You may need to control your high blood sugar with insulin or a specific diet. You may be predisposed to high blood sugar if your parents or other family members have previously been diagnosed with diabetes.
Diabetes is also more prevalent among African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans or Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders. Weight and exercise can also play a large role in the diagnosis of high blood sugar. If you are overweight, you will have a greater risk for high blood sugar.
If you have hyperglycemia, your doctor will make a diagnosis of either type one or type two diabetes. If your doctor says your hypoglycemia is caused by type one diabetes, your only treatment option will be a synthesized insulin product. This can come in the form of pills or shots.
Pills often give you a long term maintenance option for hyperglycemia. However, shots can be used for instant results to lower your blood sugar level. With any form of hyperglycemia, diet and exercise can often help in lowering blood sugar.
Eating foods with less carbohydrates or sugars will lower the amount of insulin you need for processing. Exercise has often shown to provide effects as well, since you will be burning glucose or energy. However, any diet or exercise plan should be monitored by a physician.
If you eat too little sugar or exercise too much, your blood sugar can drop too far and result in hypoglycemia or low blood sugar. Unfortunately, the signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia are very common when compared to other conditions.
Most often, if you have high blood sugar you will experience a frequent need to urinate, excessive thirst, unexplained weight loss, or outrageous hunger, even after you have just eaten. A frequent need to urinate and excessive thirst are often a result of your blood sugar being too high for a very long time.
In this case, your high blood sugar level will cause your body to absorb water from your blood for help with sugar dilution. This can cause you to go to the bathroom more frequently. Also, because your water is being absorbed, you will be much thirstier. Unexplained weight loss can often be a result of high blood sugar.
When your body can not absorb glucose and use it for energy, it will begin attacking your muscles and fat reserves for energy. If you are experiencing excessive hunger even though you have already eaten, this can be a sign of hyperglycemia. Some people with hyperglycemia will feel excessive huger even though they have just had a full meal. Some people will feel especially hungry, even after a full day of eating.
Related topics about Hyperglycemia
Glycemic Index
You may be under the assumption that foods like cookies and pies are the ones with a high Glycemic Index rank. However, many healthy and needed foods have a high Glycemic Index. The Glycemic Index accounts for carbohydrates which can be natural sugars, as well as processed sugars.
Blood Sugar
Blood sugar levels measure how well your body is using glucose. Glucose is the sugar that supplies the chief amount of energy for cells. After you eat, your blood glucose begins to rise.
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, also commonly called just diabetes, is a condition where the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or where the body's cells no longer respond to the insulin that is produced. Glucose, or blood sugar, is not absorbed into the body's cells. This disease can cause serious complications, including heart disease, kidney failure, stroke, and blindness.