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Low Blood Sugar Range

Diabetes can be any one of several metabolic diseases that affect the way the body metabolizes glucose, this means that for many people staying above the low blood sugar range can be a real concern. While diabetes isn’t the only culprit, it is usually to blame whenever a person suffers a bout of low blood sugar, and low blood sugar can lead to feeling weak, the inability to think clearly, and even coma and death. Usually the blood sugar should be somewhere between 60 and 100 mg/dl, though in some cases those with blood…

Low Blood Glucose Levels

For an ever increasing number of people low blood glucose levels are a real concern. The number of people diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, and many forms of cancer, has been fairly steady or even slightly declining in recent years, but the number of people with diabetes continues to skyrocket. For those with diabetes low blood glucose levels can be just as much of a concern as high blood glucose levels due to the simple fact the for the body to operate at optimum levels the blood glucose generally needs to stay somewhere between…

Diabetes Symptoms in Men

Though many diseases seem to exhibit different symptoms depending on which sex has the disease, many times diabetes symptoms in men differ little from diabetes symptoms in women. Whether type 1 of type 2diabetes, men suffer from most of the same diease symptoms as women, as far as the diabetes itself is concerned. The secondary diseases that often accompany diabetes, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and kidney problems affect diabetic males in much the same way as they affect males without diabetes. One of the chief reasons that a person should be familiar…

Diabetic Testing Meters

Diabetic testing meters are a device usually referred to as a glucometer. Diabetic testing meters are designed to read the level of glucose, or sugar, in a drop of blood so that the blood sugar level can be tracked. The use of diabetic testing meters is pretty simple and straight forward. To use the machine a special test strip is placed in the machine, then a drop of blood is collected by pricking the skin (usually on the finger) with a lancet, the drop of blood is placed on the test strip and the…

What is a high blood sugar level?

What is a high blood sugar level? That is a tough question to answer, because everyone is different, everyone has different body types and there are many factors to take into consideration such as age. Determining what is a high blood sugar level or a normal blood sugar level can be tricky and often times difficult. The blood glucose level is the amount of glucose or sugar in your blood. The sugar comes from what we eat and also from what has been stored inside the body. Our energy comes from this sugar or…