The vomiting of gastroparesis usually occurs after meals; however, with severe gastroparesis, vomiting may occur without eating due simply to the accumulation of secretions in the stomach. The characteristic vomiting happens several hours after a meal when the stomach is maximally distended by the pres...
Hyperglycemia is when your blood sugar spikes too high, while hypoglycemia means your blood sugar level is lower than normal. What Causes High Blood Sugar? As your body breaks down the food you eat, it turns carbs into a type of sugar called glucose, which gives you energy. Glucose goes...
Of course, none of these signs or symptoms means for certain that there is an elevated stress level since all of these symptoms can be caused by other medical and/or psychological conditions. It is also known that people under stress have a greater tendency to engage in unhealthy behaviors, ...
Controlling your sleep-wake cycle –Naturally, your body produces less cortisol levels at night and more in the morning. As such, it’s believed that cortisol may play a role in keeping you awake throughout the day, and symptoms of high cortisol levels in the morning are often noticeable. ...
“Hyper-” means high, so “hyperglycemia” is high blood sugar. You can remember the difference by thinking of the word hyper, which means high energy. Hypoglycemia Levels Blood sugar is measured by how much glucose is in your blood. Everyone has a different “normal” level of glucose, ...
When blood sugar levels are excessively high, insulin reduces blood sugar (glucose) levels. If you have type 1 or 2 diabetes and are dependent on insulin to manage blood sugar, taking more insulin than you require could result in hypoglycemia. It is a condition when your blood sugar level ...
Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body's cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both. Patients with...
The consumption of unhealthy “Western” dietary patterns has been previously associated with depressive symptoms in different populations. Objective We examined whether high-sugar and high-saturated-fat dietary patterns are associated with depressive symptoms over 5 y in a British cohort of men and wom...
Hyperglycemia is the medical term describing an abnormally high blood glucose (blood sugar) level. Blood sugar is measured in a sample of blood taken from a vein or a small finger stick sample of blood. It can be measured in a laboratory either alone or with other blood tests, or it can...
Prediabetes, or borderline diabetes, is when your blood sugar level is higher than it should be but not high enough for your doctor to diagnose diabetes. People with type 2 diabetes almost always have prediabetes first. But it doesn’t usually cause symptoms. About 98 million people in the...