One of the roadblocks a type 2 diabetic needs to deal with is high blood sugar levels… known as hyperglycemia. As well as your blood sugars being high this leads to too much insulin entering your system… these both cause damage to your blood vessels and organs.

Why Do Your Blood Sugar Levels Soar?

Eating a large meal: the foods you eat are central to reversing your type 2 diabetes. So eating a large meal or a meal with too many high-GI carbs can send your blood glucose way above 180 mg/dl (10 mmol/L) one to two hours afterwards. If this happens often, call your health care provider or dietitian for help with your eating plan. You may need to include more low-GI carbs in your meals, maybe less protein, or eat smaller meals more often.

Missed Exercise: Sorry… but type 2 diabetes is often considered “a product of the modern couch potato lifestyle”. Even moderate amounts of exercise can do wonders for lowering your blood glucose. So that you get the full benefit from your exercise program, it’s important for you to do it every single day.

Drugs: The right dose at the right time… check you allowed the prescribed onset time. If all is OK there and high glucose levels continue, check with your health care provider about adding to or increasing your medication… don’t change your dose without his advice.

These drugs can also cause changes to your blood sugars:

• steroids, eg. cortisone
• oral contraceptive pill
• thiazide diuretic tablets
• marijuana and street drugs
• alcohol

Stress: Your body responds to both physical and mental stress by altering your blood sugars. Bad news or a personal challenge at home or work, can be enough to cause internal stress which can cause a high blood sugar reaction. Maybe taking a walk or talking to a friend or counselor will help change how you think and feel about the issue causing you stress.

Contact your health care provider if you find your blood sugars stay higher than 180 mg/dL (10 mmol/L) for one week or over 270 mg/dL (15 mmol/L) for 24 hours.

Blood glucose levels above 270 mg/dL (15 mmol/L) may cause these symptoms:

• passing large amounts of urine
• extreme thirst
• tiredness
• blurry vision

It is possible for you to experience no symptoms even though your blood sugar level is higher than normal.

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