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 … [Read more...] about 16 Signs of Hyperglycemia
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20 Ways to Lower Blood Sugar
High blood sugar happens when your body can’t get the glucose in your bloodstream into your cells very efficiently. If you leave it untreated, it can lead to diabetes. One study showed that nearly 40% of adults are pre-diabetic. Prediabetes can turn into type 2 diabetes, but it doesn’t have to. You can take steps now that lessen the chances of getting prediabetes or … [Read more...] about 20 Ways to Lower Blood Sugar
13 Early Signs and Symptoms of Prediabetes
Prediabetes is just what it sounds like. It means that your blood sugar is pretty high, but not high enough to meet the threshold of type 2 diabetes. If there are no lifestyle or dietary changes, prediabetes is very likely to become type 2 diabetes. If you have prediabetes, then the long-term damage to your organs and blood vessels could have already started. There is some good … [Read more...] about 13 Early Signs and Symptoms of Prediabetes
12 Symptoms of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis is one of the serious complications that can develop out of diabetes, and it happens when your body churns out high levels of ketones, which are a kind of blood acid. The complication arises when your body can’t make enough insulin. Insulin plays an important role in getting glucose into your cells. When you don’t have enough insulin, your body starts to … [Read more...] about 12 Symptoms of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
16 Early Signs of Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is one of the major degenerative diseases in the Western world today. It happens when your body can’t use insulin properly, or can’t make enough insulin. Insulin is a hormone the assists the body’s cells in utilizing glucose. It also helps the body store extra sugar in fat, liver, and muscle cells. If you don’t have insulin, your body can’t use the sugar in the … [Read more...] about 16 Early Signs of Diabetes