Hyperglycemia means high blood sugar. If you have diabetes, from time to time you will experience this condition. When you ingest carbohydrates such as sugar and starches, it triggers the release of the hormone insulin from the pancreas.

Insulin facilitates the body to turn sugars into energy. Hyperglycemia occurs when your body does not have enough insulin or when the insulin is not properly used by your body. Hyperglycemia is a serious condition. Ketoacidosis (diabetic coma) can occur if hyperglycemia is not treated.

Symptoms

When your blood sugar levels rises too high, sugar spills into the urine. Your kidneys must excrete additional water to dilute the sugar. You urinate large volume (polyuria). When you loss water due to frequent urination, you create abnormal thirst (polydipsia).
Other symptoms include: headaches, feeling tired, difficulty concentrating, blurred vision, drowsiness, decreased endurance during exercise, lightheadedness. Rapid breathing with fruity-smelling breath is a sign of ketoacidosis (diabetic coma). Hyperglycemia is also a result from failing to take drugs to control your sugar.

Treatment

The main purpose of hyperglycemia treatment is to control the occurrence of the symptoms. Take your prescribed insulin and other medication to keep your blood sugar level within the safe range and take them as directed.

Before making any changes in your medication talk to your doctor. Monitor your blood sugar glucose levels at different times of the day and keep a record of those measurements. Exercise can lower your blood sugar levels but first check your urine for ketones. The presence of ketones will make your blood glucose level higher if you exercise. If you eat a proper diet it can help your blood glucose levels within safe range.

Risks

If you have diabetes, you succumb from cardiovascular event rather than the disease because of the stress imposed upon the heart and vascular system by your diabetes. Hyperglycemia can induce damage to the heart and blood vessels. Hyperglycemia diabetes can also impair the activity of nitric oxide that results in endothelial dysfunction such as increased inflammation, impotence, depression, cataracts, glaucoma, and dementia.

Prevention

In order to prevent hyperglycemia, you have to manage your diabetes. Take your medication as prescribed. Keep a record of measurements of you blood glucose levels taken at different times of the day, the contents of the meals and the time when you eat the meals, as well as the kind of exercise and how long the exercise took place. The record will show how your body react to the food you eat and the exercise. You and your doctor can then decide a treatment plan that will keep your blood sugar levels within a safe range.

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Hypoglycemia diabetes, low blood sugar. When you ingest carbohydrates, the released of insulin (hormone) from the pancreas is triggered. The main source of fuel for your body is glucose. Insulin is needed for your body to turn glucose (sugar) into energy.

If the amount of insulin released is too high for the amount of carbohydrates you ingested, too much sugar is burned up very quickly. Hypoglycemia occurs when the level of glucose (sugar) in your blood drops too low to effectively fuel the body. You will feel fatigue, weakness, become unconscious and even death. Hypoglycemia is a serious condition, develops rapidly and life threatening.

Types of hypoglycemia

The three types of hypoglycemia are the postprandial (after meal), postabsorptive (fasting), and the functional hypoglycemia (carbohydrate intolerance). The functional hypoglycemia is cause by a diet too high in sugar and refined carbohydrates.

Your body can not absorb loads of carbohydrates effectively. Some individual have a higher tolerance level with ingested sugar or starches than others. Functional hypoglycemia can be found in people with disorders such as schizophrenia, alcoholism, hyperactivity, diabetes and obesity. Severe cases of this condition can contribute to other illness such as allergies, ulcer, arthritis, epilepsy, ulcer and mental disorders.

Diabetes hypoglycemia symptoms

Fatigue, dizziness, shakiness and faintness
Light- headedness
Irritability and depression
Weakness or cramps in feet or legs
Ringing in the ear
Confusion
Numbness or tingling in the hands, feet or face
Swollen feet or legs
Tightness in chest
Difficulty in speaking
Frequent pounding and palpitations
Anxiety, nightmares and panic attacks
Night sweats
Constant hunger
Headache and migraines
Impaired memory and concentration
Blurring of vision
Nasal congestion
Abdominal cramps, loose stools and diarrhea

Functional hypoglycemia is hard to diagnose because the symptoms are subtle. You may have a low but acceptable blood sugar level. Your glucose tolerance tests often miss the lowest blood sugar levels that triggers your symptoms. Diabetes could be the cause of your severe regular attacks of hypoglycemia.

Diabetes and hypoglycemia

If you have diabetes, the most common complication in treating your high blood sugar levels is low blood sugar levels. Diabetes occurs when your body can not use glucose for fuel because your pancreas is not able to make enough insulin or the insulin that is available is not effective. Glucose builds up in the blood, instead of getting into body cells. In order to treat your diabetes, you may use insulin or oral drugs. You become hypoglycemic if the medication you use lowers your blood sugar too much.

Diet and hypoglycemia

You can control hypoglycemia by eating healthy diets such as foods high in protein, unrefined carbohydrates such as whole grain products, vegetables, and moderate fat.

You have to avoid eating foods high in natural sugars. Avoid alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco. These stimulants are capable of triggering an attack. During the day, take small meals often to control the amount of carbohydrates entering your system.

Short-term treatments

At the onset of hypoglycemia attack, raise your blood sugar level as soon as possible by consuming sugar such as fruit juice, candy and soft drinks. It will raise your blood sugar quickly and prevent harm to the brain. You can also carry glucose tablets or gels for convenience and transport. To slow down the absorption of glucose to your system, drink a glass of milk or eat a piece of cheese. You can also treat low blood sugar with glucagon.

Conclusion

You can control diabetes hypoglycemia symptoms by changing your lifestyle. Eating healthy diets, foods high in protein, unrefined carbohydrates (such as whole grain products), vegetables, moderate fat, and exercise.

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Alma Apostol

The heart is affected by the degenerative process that accompanied diabetes.

The diabetics are more prone to atherosclerosis ( Coronary Artery Disease), a hardening and/or thickening of the arteries. It evolves early in life and proceeds rapidly and more harmful to diabetics. They are also more prone to a silent myocardial infarctions, a symptomatic attack that interrupts the blood flow to coronary arteries. Over 80% of diabetics die of heart attack.

When there's a lack of insulin sensitivity at the cellular levels, Type 2 diabetes develops. Because of this, non-functional insulin overloads the bloodstream and an overload of glucose. When glucose is not use for energy metabolism, it accumulates in the blood. The pancreas attempts to restore normal glycemic control by secreting more insulin. When this happen over a period of time, the pancreas may loss its ability to produce insulin and Type 2 diabetes may becomes insulin dependent. The insulin becomes an enemy of the host when it loses its sensitivity or receptiveness.

The constant changes moving from hyperglycemia to hypoglycemia in a short period of time, causes stress to diabetics. This glycemic-induced stress don't happen to non-diabetics. The heart and circulatory system suffers when an unstable diabetes lacks the ability to provide the complicated glucose balance. The ability of the nervous system to function decreases but still increases the breakdown of fats during hypoglycemia events. When this happens the fat assumes the role of a glucose substitute. Excess fats not used as energy source may contribute to atherogenic process.

Hypoglycemia symptoms can imitate a heart attack such as dizziness, sweating, shakiness, lightheadedness, palpitations, fatigue and even unconsciousness. Hypoglycemia is not a heart attack but the stress upon the heart can be significant.

Cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer in the United States. Every year 1.1 million people experience heart attack. When heart attack occurs, it leads to the death of the heart tissue and depletes the muscle cells of the heart. It changes the structure of the heart thus reducing its ability to pump blood.

Risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, smoking, high cholesterol, obesity and physical inactivity predicts heart disease. Most of the time people are not aware that they have this disease until they have heart attack.

As you move through life, one of the last things you want to do is think about aging and dying. However, it is important that you see your doctor on a regular basis to rule out a heart disease. There are many advances in the medical field that allow a person with a heart disease to live a long and healthy life. It was initially thought that the heart is a non-renewable organ, however, new evidence now showed that endogenous self-repairing mechanism exist. The heart regenerates and develops new blood vessels.

The best defense against a heart attack is preventing it. Heart disease is hereditary. If a member of your family had a heart attack, your chances of having one is very high. Healthy lifestyle changes is an effective means to lower cardiovascular disease risk and lengthen life. Healthy behaviors such as consuming five or more fruits and vegetables daily, exercising a minimum of 2.5 hours per week, maintaining an optimal body mass index, and not smoking are beneficial to your health.
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Stroke is one of the long term complications of diabetes. It's a term used to describe an unfortunate event that affect the supply of blood to the brain. When the blood vessels in the brain ruptures and brains bleeds into brain tissue or when an artery leading to the brain is blocked by a blood clot, an air bubble or some other abnormal properties, damage occurs.

Without oxygen, the affected brain cells either stop functioning temporarily, or die if the oxygen cut off is prolonged. Because of this, the function of the part of the body that is controlled by these particular cells is weakened.

The severity of the stroke depends on how long the oxygen is cut off and what part of the brain is damage. If there's a brief event of reduced blood flow, (transient ischemic attack), the person experiences symptoms such slurred speech, weakness in the hand and foot, and blurred or double vision. These symptoms disappear within a few hours.

A sudden sharp headache, blackout and some permanent but often barely detectable dysfunction is a more serious 'small stroke'.

Ischemic stroke is the type that is caused by an abnormal blood clot blocking blood vessels such as the large and small arteries in the brain, cutting blood flow. It accounts for 83% of all strokes and occur as either an embolic, or thrombotic stroke. The other 17% of strokes are called 'hemorrhagic stroke'. It occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures.

Thrombotic stroke is a result of unhealthy blood vessels becoming clogged with buildup of fatty deposits, calcium, or blood clotting factors such as fibrinogen, homocysteine, and cholesterol. It represents 52% of all ischemic strokes. They are referred to as atherosclerosis disease.

Stroke that is severe results in loss of memory or alertness, disturbing changes in emotional behavior, persistent unsteadiness on the feet, paralysis on one or both sides of the body depending on which part of the brain is affected. If the center of the brain that governs the respiratory system is damaged by a stroke, death occurs.

Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the United States after heart disease and cancer. There are about 25% who die as a result of stroke or its complications, about 50% have moderate to severe impairments and long-term disabilities and only 26% recover completely of normal health and functions.
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The main function of the pancreas is to produce various enzymes which aid in the digestive process as well as to convert sugar to energy. The pancreas secrete enzyme and hormones, including insulin that is needed for the digestion and absorption of food.

The utilization of glucose in the body is regulated by insulin. Insulin is needed by all body tissues except the brain for the absorption of glucose. The failure of the pancreas to produce or secrete sufficient quantities of insulin will result in diseases called diabetes mellitus.

The pancreas are two organs. As a digestive organ, the pancreas secrete enzymes that help break food down into chemicals that the body can use. As an endocrine organ, the pancreas puts out two hormones that regulate the metabolism of carbohydrate with other functions. The pancreas that we often heard of, is the pancreatic hormone that regulates blood sugar insulin, however, there is a second one, glucagon.

The islets of Langerhans are group of cells in the pancreas that put out insulin and glucagon. The pancreas secrets insulin when the level of sugar in the blood rises after a meal. The amount of sugar in the blood is reduced when the hormones move it through cell walls and into the cells themselves.

The pancreas secretes glucagons when the blood sugar drops below what is needed by the brain and other tissues. The amount of sugar in the blood is increased by the hormone by assembling supplies of it from the liver.

The pancreas have a long duct that extends down its center. The enzymes that flow through ducts into the chief pancreatic duct and into the duodenum where the protein, carbohydrates, and fats are digested are secreted by the exocrine cells.

In order to protect the small intestine and to create an environment in which the enzymes can function efficiently, the pancreas produces alkaline solution that neutralizes the acid in chyme in the duodenum.

Amazingly, the pancreas can accurately produce the right enzyme at the right time and the exact quantities needed to digest the food that you have eaten. The pancreas begins to pour its juice when the food enters into the duodenum. The release from the duodenal wall of a special hormone that travel through the blood and stimulate the pancreas is stimulated by the food mixture.

Pancreas is a Greek name which means "all flesh" or "all meat", a description of the protein composition of this small but mighty organ. The activation of its protein-digesting enzyme while in the pancreas are powerful enough to digest the pancreas itself.

Acute pancretitis is a condition that occurs if the pancreatic ducts is obstructed and the digestive enzymes accumulates in the pancreas. The substances that normally inhibit the activation of the enzyme are overwhelmed when this happens. This can damage and even destroy the pancreas by its own juices.
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When you exercise regularly, your health will benefit from it. You will not have any problems sleeping and you will wake up feeling refreshed. During the day you become more alert and focused. Weight control will no longer your problem, you build up your stamina and endurance. It will also improve your physical and mental capacity for your everyday activities.

When you engage in a regular vigorous physical activities, it will prevent or alleviate minor depression. Walking briskly will help delay the process of bone thinning (osteoporosis), a disorder common to menopausal women. Exercising regularly will also help prevent coronary artery disease.

How exercise benefit your heart, lung and arteries.

You can increase the strength and resiliency of your heart and lungs to help them become more efficient and less prone to disease with regular forceful activity. With exercise you can also decrease your blood pressure and reduce your risk of hardening of your arteries.

How your joints benefit from exercise

When you exercise regularly, you will maintain the flexibility and strength of your joints.

Without exercise, the joints will become stiff and weakened the ligaments that support and protect them.

Muscles

Exercise increases muscles tone, thereby conditioning the entire body. Exercise of muscles or muscle groups leads to increase in the size, strength and number of muscle cells and strengths of their attachment to bones.

Your muscle routine

Three 20-minutes sessions a week at regular interval will put you on the road to fitness and well-being. Chose a moderate level of activity, you should never exert yourself to the point whereby you feel dizzy or faint. It is important to find an activity that you enjoy or you may lack the motivation to continue exercise routine over a period of time.

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