Hyperglycemia (cont.)
What Causes Hyperglycemia in Diabetes?
Hyperglycemia in diabetes may be
caused by:
- Skipping or forgetting your insulin or oral glucose-lowering medicine
- Eating
too many grams of carbohydrates for the amount of insulin administered or just
eating too many grams of carbohydrates in general
- Eating too much food and
having too may calories
- Infection
- Illness
- Increased stress
- Decreased activity or
exercising less than usual
- Strenuous physical activity
What Are the Symptoms of
Hyperglycemia in Diabetes?
It is important to know the early signs of
hyperglycemia. If hyperglycemia is left untreated, it may develop into an
emergency condition called ketoacidosis (if you have type 1 diabetes) or HHNS
(if you have type 2 diabetes).
Early signs of hyperglycemia in diabetes include:
- Increased thirst
- Headaches
- Difficulty concentrating
- Blurred vision
- Frequent
urination
- Fatigue (weak, tired feeling)
- Weight loss
- Blood glucose more than 180
mg/dL
Prolonged hyperglycemia in diabetes may result in:
- Vaginal and skin infections
- Slow-healing cuts and sores
- Decreased vision
- Nerve damage causing painful cold or insensitive feet, loss of hair on the lower
extremities, and/or erectile dysfunction
- Stomach and intestinal problems such as
chronic constipation or diarrhea
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