High blood sugar is something that occurs when the amount of sugar (also known as glucose) in your blood elevates. Food is the main way we get glucose into our bodies. Almost everything we eat will have some sort of impact on our blood sugar levels. Foods that contains a high amount of sugar or carbohydrates tend to increase blood sugar levels a lot more than food containing more fat and fiber. Our bodies will maintain high blood sugar by releasing insulin from the pancreas. However, some people can develop a resistance to insulin, known as type 2 diabetes, which means you will be at risk of developing a dangerously high blood sugar level. Here are five signs that your blood sugar is starting to get too high.
Feeling Fatigued
If you are feeling over tired, fatigued or weak, you may have high blood sugar. However, this can also be a non-specific symptom of low blood sugar. Any fatigue that doesn’t disappear after sleeping sufficiently and resting adequately needs to get checked out as it can be a sign of an underlying issue.
Frequent Headaches/Migraines
Headaches are a very common issue that we will all experience multiple times in our lives. Knowing what type of headache that you are experiencing, for example a migraine, can definitely help pinpoint what’s going on. If you are getting a chronic kind of headache or they are occurring so frequently that they are affecting your day to day life, then you should seek expert advice right away.
Blurry Vision
If you have an excess amount of glucose in your system, then your sight can experience changes. These changes occur due to your retina being affected by the high blood sugar. This can lead to a condition known as diabetic retinopathy. Blurry vision or seeing more eye floaters are symptoms that you are developing this condition.
Needing to Urinate and Drink More
Having all that extra glucose in your system can also affect your kidneys. The role of your kidneys is to remove any excess water from your body via urination. If you have high blood sugar, the blood vessels within the kidneys can become damaged. This damage will reduce the efficiency of the filtration process, which will cause you to urinate more. A normal side effect of urinating more is a constant state of thirst. So, if you feel like you want to drink more than usual, then you may have high blood sugar.
Symptoms of Untreated High Blood Sugar
If you don’t try to maintain or treat high blood sugar, then these untreated symptoms may appear to be more noticeable or could become more severe over the course of a number of days or weeks. This chart from VitaMonk is a great way to measure and manage your blood sugar levels if you are unsure on how to do so. If your blood sugar is too high for too long, then you may find it difficult to concentrate, have a dry mouth, become hungrier, get confused easily, have a shortness of breath and pain in the abdomen. If you become so sick that fluid or food keeps coming back up, then you need to speak to your doctor and seek medical help immediately.
The odds of experiencing these symptoms can be managed by your food choices. If you already have diabetes, sticking to the nutrition guide you would have received is very important. If you are worried about having high blood sugar in general, then eating foods that are high in fiber and low in sugar is strongly advised. If you are experiencing the symptoms above on a regular basis and you don’t know why, then speak to your doctor.