| What is Hyperglycemia? |
Hyperglycemia is condition wherein the sugar in blood increases to level more than the normal. Hyperglycemia is considered generally as the initial signal of diabetes mellitus.
Glucose is essential energy source to perform various activities of our body. This is a type of sugar. But the uncontrolled intake or imbalanced diet will lead to variation in the level of sugar in the blood.
Hyperglycemia results from a breakdown in the body's regulation of its metabolism of carbohydrates, and the condition is specifically due to a relative deficiency of the hormone insulin. Since insulin is important in the mechanism that removes glucose from the bloodstream and increases the storage of sugar in the liver, the relative lack of this hormone allows glucose circulating in the blood to accumulate. Sustained hyperglycemia in persons with diabetes causes the typical clinical symptoms of thirst and blurred vision in such patients. Excessive circulating glucose is directly toxic to the nervous system and causes numbness and tingling.
Hyperglycemia occurs when there is an excess of glucose in the blood because of lack of insulin treatment. Unless quickly treated in hospital, hyperglycemia may lead to coma and death.
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What are the Causes of Hyperglycemia?
Number of reasons is there for Hyperglycemia. A few usually seen ones are: Number of reasons is there for Hyperglycemia. A few usually seen ones are: |
- Eating more food than is in your diet plan
- Taking less insulin than is prescribed
- Infection or illness
- Injury
- Surgery
- Emotional stress
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| Hyperglycemia tends to build up in hours or days considering the reason by which it is present. If consuming excess food is the reason then the blood sugar will raise in a few hours. It takes a longer duration of few days, if the reason is any type of infection or illness. Stress related one will be very slow to develop but should be arrested at the beginning itself before the situation becomes critical. |
What are the Symptoms of Hyperglycemia?
Regular symptoms of hyperglycemia are |
- Frequent urination
- Thirst
- Excessive hunger
- Dry mouth
- Blurry vision
- Fatigue
- Drowsiness
- Unexplained weight loss
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Can Hyperglycemia be treated?
Generally, insulin is self-administered by patients by injection, or with automatic drug injectors attached to the body. Small pen-sized injectors containing a cartridge of insulin can be carried in the pocket for ease and speed of treatment.
Complications related to Hyperglycemia?
It is drastically dangerous if not detected and treated in time. Hyperglycemia will transfer into diabetic Ketoacidosis and sometimes to coma. |
