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High blood glucose is a hallmark of diabetes. Left uncontrolled, it can cause many problems, from short-term symptoms such as hunger, dry mouth, and fatigue to long-term complications such as nerve damage, kidney disease, and foot problems. Read the articles in this section to learn how to lower blood glucose levels, avoid after-meal spikes, and prevent complications.
Blood Glucose Monitoring: When to Check and Why by Rebecca K. Abma
Managing diabetes is one part investigation and two parts action. Unlike some other diseases that rely primarily on professional medical treatment, diabetes treatment requires active participation by the person who has it. Monitoring your blood glucose level on a regular basis and analyzing the results is believed by many to be a crucial part of the treatment equation…
Diabetic Ketoacidosis by Jan Chait
People who have had diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA, will tell you it’s worse than any flu they’ve ever had, describing an overwhelming feeling of lethargy, unquenchable thirst, and unrelenting vomiting…
Getting to Know Ketones by Richard M. Weil, MEd, CDE
People with diabetes, particularly those with Type 1 diabetes, have been at least vaguely aware of the word ketones for a long time. With the recent resurgence of popular interest in low-carbohydrate diets, however, just about everyone seems to be talking about ketones these days…
Hyperglycemic Crises by Robert S. Dinsmoor
One type results in about 100,000 hospitalizations a year with a mortality rate of under 5%. The other is thought to cause fewer hospitalizations, yet the mortality rate is about 15%. Severe hyperglycemic conditions, known as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA…
Managing Hyperglycemia by Laura Hieronymus, M.S.Ed., A.P.R.N., B.C.-A.D.M., C.D.E., and Belinda O'Connell, M.S., R.D., C.D.E.
When you were diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor probably told you that your blood glucose levels were too high. Indeed, high blood glucose, or hyperglycemia, is the hallmark of diabetes. Regardless of your knowledge of diabetes at that time, you may…
Strike the Spike by Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE
Postprandial hyperglycemia refers to high blood glucose levels that occur soon after eating meals or snacks. So even though after-meal high blood glucose levels are temporary (often resembling a spike when plotted on a graph), frequent between-meal rises can cause your HbA1c to go up…
Strike the Spike II by Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE
Five years ago, I wrote an article for Diabetes Self-Management about the management of after-meal blood glucose spikes. It was called “Strike the Spike” and no article I’ve ever written has led to greater reader response. A lot has changed in the past five years…
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