Blood sugar that swings either too high or too low is a common problem when you have diabetes. When it happens suddenly, it can cause you to lose consciousness or even die. Over time, high blood sugar can lead to serious complications including heart attack orstroke, nerve damage,kidney fai...
Don't panic about diabetes complications -- try to avoid them by carefully following your doctor's treatment plan. Take your medicine, eat a healthy diet, and exercise to keep your blood sugar levels in check. Use your meter to test your blood sugar so you know that it's staying in the...
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Human studies also describe the link between high blood sugar and higher inflammatory markers. A study of 29 healthy people found that consuming only 40 g of added sugar led to an increase in inflammatory markers, while 30 min after consuming a 50 g dose of fructose, a spike in inflammatory...
Subjects consumed an oral sugar solution (20 g of sucrose, 1 g of L-rhamnose, 20 g of lactose and 5 g of lactulose were added in 7.5 cc Cephulac in a volume of 110 cc) within a period of 3 min followed by the consumption of an equal volume of water after an overnight fast. ...
High blood sugar can also cause life-altering complications such as heart disease and vision loss if not treated.1 High blood sugar is a shared experience of people with diabetes. The condition is medically known as hyperglycemia. When you don't produce any or enough insulin, or it is not...
High blood sugar, also known as hyperglycemia, occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin to turn blood glucose into energy. Although high blood sugar usually only affects diabetics, hyperglycemia has been associated with poorer outcomes for pa