Type 2 diabetes is defined by chronic hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar levels and this is the greatest single danger for people with type 2 diabetes. Over time too much sugar in your blood is linked with long term health complications such as kidney failure, heart disease and even blindness.

Listen to Your Body Talk:

Usually before hyperglycemia becomes an acute emergency, you will find yourself feeling really thirsty and urinating more than usual for weeks beforehand. This is your kidney’s way of unloading excess sugar into your urine. Your blood sugar would be around 180 mg/dL (10mmol/L) at this time. If your levels remain high, your body’s cells are likely to become dehydrated.

This is exceedingly rare and the way to avoid this is by regular self-monitoring. Self-management teaches you to control your blood sugar levels… and this control benefits your body and your health.

A Quick Test:

A quick test will tell you if you are hyperglycemic… levels above 150 mg/dL (8.33 mmol/L) indicates a need for better control. You may experience:

• skin problems
• feelings of fatigue
• tingling in various parts of your body, your tongue or fingers
• trembling hands
• a tight feeling in your throat
• headaches and blurred vision, visual spots or double vision
• buzzing in your ears
• irritability
• slowly healing cuts, or sores, or infections
• unusual hunger
• insomnia or nightmares

These may appear in clusters or singly.

What to do:

If your levels are high look at:

• reducing your stress
• becoming more physically active
• adjusting your eating pattern to bring your levels back under control
• drinking extra water to help flush the sugar through your system

If you find your blood sugars remain high and you are not feeling well, call you health care provider or have a family member drive you to the Emergency Room.

Pay attention to what your body is telling you. Don’t ignore your high blood sugar levels. All the long term complications of type 2 diabetes are believed to come about from prolonged periods of high blood sugar or poor blood sugar control.

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