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16 Signs of Hyperglycemia

March 23, 2018 | More Articles: Symptoms

Hyperglycemia is something that happens to people with diabetes. A number of things can contribute to high blood sugar in diabetes sufferers, like diet and lifestyle choices, sickness, non-diabetes-related medications, or forgetting or skipping your blood sugar-lowering medication.

It’s important to treat it as soon as possible, because it can become severe and lead to serious health problems necessitating emergency care, like a coma. If it’s left untreated in the long-term, it can lead to problems with your blood, nerves, kidneys, and heart. Hyperglycemia typically doesn’t cause symptoms until your glucose levels are very high – like above 200 mg/dL. The symptoms can develop gradually over a period of several days or weeks.

The longer you have hyperglycemia, the more severe your symptoms become. Some of the early signs and symptoms include excessive urination, excessive thirst, blurred vision, tiredness and fatigue, and headache. If you’re suffering from any of these symptoms on a regular basis, talk to your doctor and find out whether you have hyperglycemia.

1. Difficulty Concentrating

When your blood sugar levels are high and you are suffering from hyperglycemia, you may find that you have trouble concentrating on even the simplest of tasks. When your blood sugar is high, your brain does not get the glucose that it needs to function properly.

The glucose that it is receiving is not in the right form. This can cause you to feel confused or like you are in a fog. Most commonly, people who have hyperglycemia simply have difficulty concentrating on anything. For example, when you are reading a book you may read the same page over and over again or you may not be able to remember where you left off on a project for work.

If you find yourself having trouble concentrating on even small tasks regularly, it may be because your blood sugar is too high or that you have developed hyperglycemia.

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