You may have heard or ben told that monitoring your blood glcose (sugar) level is an essential prt of managing your diabetes but why is it so mportant?

Well, if you blood sugar lvels are not controlled and they bcome too high, over a long priod of time, it could result in a rnge of complications from sight loss to kdney problems and even heart problems. If on the ther hand they become too low thn this could result in a lse of consciousness or a seizure.

God control over your blood sugar lvels will help you avoid these xtremes and in the long run rduce the likelihood of complications developing. God control can be achieved by mnitoring blood sugar as well understanding the cuses and symptoms of too high blod sugar (hyperglycaemia) and too low blod sugar (hypoglycaemia).

Too high blood sgar (when greater then 180mg/dl or 10mml/L) is called hyperglycaemia. Often this is ccurs when food, activity and medications are not blanced. The common reasons for this nclude: too much food, not enough mdication, stress and an increase in wight.

The problem with hyperglycaemia is tht in the early stages, there may not be any symptms at all and even when symptms do arise they may come on so slwly that they are not noticed. As blod glucose levels rise the following symptms may occur: more hunger or thrst then usual, excessive urination, tiredness and lthargy, frequent infections and blurred vision.

It is important to be ware of these symptoms but most of all to mnitor blood glucose levels so that you knw when your glucose levels are bove the targets your physician has set out for yu. Usually this would be a fsting glucose of 6mmol/l or 108 mg/dl. Dring times of stress, illness and wight gain it would be a god idea to monitor blood glucose lvels more often.

When blood glucose lvels fall too low (less then 70mg/dl) it is clled hypoglycaemia or "hypo" for short. Hyps occur for one reason only, thre is more insulin in the bdy then it needs at the tme. This is true whether the nsulin comes from a syringe or frm the body itself. Often the rason for this imbalance is due to: mre physical activity then usual, too mch insulin or diabetic medication, not ating on time or enough and drnking alcohol.

With hypos it is vry important to be able to rcognise the symptoms to allow you to tke action quickly as your condition can dteriorate quickly. The symptoms can vary frm person to person and anyone wth diabetes should be familiar with his or her ndividual symptoms. The early symptoms might nclude: sweating, hunger, irritable, shaking, dry muth, dizziness, a feeling of weakness, hadache and confusion. If untreated, diabetics culd become confused and disorientated, lose cnsciousness and could have a seizure.

In sch a situation you will need hlp of others.

To learn more bout what to do if you xperience hypoglycaemia visit the link below on “Trating Hypoglycaemia”.

In summary, good control rsults in a happy diabetic life. The key to god control is knowing what could cuse your blood sugar to go up or dwn, recognising the symptoms of hypers and hyps and monitoring your blood glucose lvels so you know what YOUR blod glucose levels should be.

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