Excessive amount of insulin causes hypoglycemia or low-level of glucose in blood. This is life threatening condition. The body of the person responds by releasing different insulin enemies like epinephrine and cortisol from the adrenal glands, glucagons from pancreas and growth hormones from pituitary glands. These hormones help to negate insulin effect.

These are strong hormones that can bring a powerful and rapid elevation in the level of blood glucose. It also causes the blood glucose level to shoot high. These elevated levels of blood glucose must be managed with another insulin thrush. This creates another stab in the level of blood glucose. Such doses are further followed by other compensatory hormones and then even larger dose of insulin.

Dawn Phenomenon is natural process. It occurs during sleeping hours. The process starts when the body of the person begins to work as compensatory response explained here. These hormones battle against the attempts of insulin to lower down blood sugar level. The hormone thrush generally takes place when the dose of insulin starts to wear off. The result is the higher blood sugar levels in morning. In most diabetics this process takes place 6 to 10 hours after the bedtime. Most diabetic wake up with the higher level of blood sugar in morning compared to the level when theses diabetics went to the bed. Though they didn’t eat anything during the nighttime and had diabetes medication or insulin injection in time.

The blood sugar levels higher than 110 mg/dl in morning are common in diabetics type 2 and a dilemma for most of them.

The events that lead to Somogyi Eeffect or bounce back hypoglycemia are more like Dawn Phenomenon. Difference between the two is cause behind them. In the former one the level of blood glucose drops down because of having the excessive dose of insulin or skipping the snack during nighttime.

The monitoring of blood sugar level at around 2 am for some consecutive nights enables the person to find the clue of the high glucose levels in morning. If the blood sugar levels are consistently low then most like Somogyi Effect is cause. This also indicates that either insulin levels at night or the bedtime snack are very small. However if the level of blood sugar is high during at around 2 am then most likely Dawn Phenomenon is the underling cause.

Whatever the cause is, never hesitate to consult the medical health practitioner. He is in a better position of suggesting you the proper adjustment in the dose of insulin and the time and quantity of snack.

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