What are Elevated blood sugar levels?

Elevated Blood Sugar LevelsWhat are Elevated blood sugar levels? Elevated sugar levels can mean many things. Diabetes is the main one but other factors such as just eating and such can cause this. Diabetes is a very, very serious disease/condition that affects over 30 million people in the United States alone.

This disease is fueled by large the large amount of sweet packed foods and the defective diabetes gene that is being passed on by the long lives of diabetics. Diabetes is a condition where the pancreas is failing to produce enough or any of the chemical/hormone called insulin. Insulin is a very, very important hormone/chemical to the body. It is used by the body systems to transform the sugar/glucose in the blood into fuel that the body’s cells can use. Without the proper insulin amounts in the blood the cells get no food to run on and the sugar levels start to rise to dangerous levels.

The sugar levels reach a level around 140 mg/dl the body starts to suffer damage. The serious damage that occurs is permanent and will not be reversed. The damage generally occurs to the eye, heart, kidney, and nerves. The main foot nerves get the most damage and usually lose their feeling over the years. But this can be mostly avoided if the diabetic can use certain things to rid itself of the excess sugar. So how can you lower elevated blood sugar levels?

The first way to lower elevated blood sugar level is to talk to your doctor he can give you the best information on the subject. Diet, exercise, and glucose monitoring also helps. Diets can severely reduce glucose levels so talk to your doctor about a diabetic diet. Also talk to your doctor on how you can lower elevated blood sugar levels.

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Information on type II diabetes

Information on type II diabetes
Information on type II diabetes

Information on type II diabetes can be found in a wide variety of places ranging from the local library, online through the internet at such places like the American diabetes association and many other places as well such as your local health department, your doctor’s office or physician’s office.

Information on type II diabetes is a great tool of knowledge to have especially if you work in the medical field because by having information on type II diabetes you can better yourself on how to take care of diabetes, mange them, how to monitor insulin, the blood glucose levels and readings, diet, exercise and all of the other things that come with type II diabetes.

Information on type II diabetes and how to take care of them and mange them is a great thing to have in order to also keep your patients safe if you are working it the medical profession because by knowing that someone is diabetic and how to maintain their diabetes can mean the difference between life and death.

Type II diabetes most of the time means that the patient is dependent on insulin so that the body’s organs can regulate properly and on a healthy level. Type II diabetes is more serious than standard diabetes because without administering medication and taking both your medication and insulin properly and as needed your body’s organs go out of whack and starts not being able to keep up with itself in order to make insulin and work properly which causes the organs to start shutting down. Thus being the reason that information on type II diabetes is very important. Information on type II diabetes is a very important thing to know it could mean the case of life and death for someone.

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What is the Use of Diabetes Test Equipment?

Diabetes Test Equipment
Diabetes Test Equipment

What is the use of diabetes test equipment? Diabetic test equipment is used by diabetic to better control their blood sugar. For diabetics controlling their blood sugar means life or death. Diabetes is where the body’s organ called the pancreas begins to stop or slow in the production of a vital chemical, insulin.

Insulin is a chemical that is responsible for the transformation of blood sugar into fuel that the body’s cells can use. Without sufficient amounts of insulin the blood sugar levels begin to rise and at a certain level they damage the body. At a high level the sugar begins to cause damage such as eye damage, heart damage, nerve damage, and the worse, kidney damage. These are the reasons why it’s important to use diabetes test equipment.

Diabetes test equipment consists of a few major things. The most major items are the lancet, the test strips, and the blood glucose monitor. The lancet is a small needle like contraption that is used to prick the fingers (or arm in some cases) to draw a small sample of blood. The test strips then have the blood inserted into a small cavity on the side of the strip. The strip is then inserted into the machine and measured. The blood glucose monitor is a small handheld machine that takes the strips and measures the blood sugar and displays it o a small screen. This diabetic testing equipment allows maximum freedom for those who have diabetes. Diabetes may limit your life but with the proper equipment (that you can use properly) it can continue as normal. So talk to your doctor about getting the proper equipment. Also talk to your doctor about diet, exercise, and medications to help manage your blood sugar.

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