Did you know that high blood sugar can cause erectile dysfunction?
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — High blood sugar or hyperglycemia closely related to diabetes and other serious health conditions. This condition can be dangerous if not treated immediately.
Keep pace blood glucose within the recommended range throughout the day will help avoid long-term complications of diabetes such as eye damage, heart attack (or other cardiovascular complications), kidney damage, nerve damage, stroke, and problems with wound healing.
“By maintaining blood glucose levels and avoiding hyperglycemia, you can reduce your risk of all these complications,” says nutritionist, Amy Hess-Fischl MS RD LDN BC-ADM CDCES.
Here are five warning signs of high blood sugar, according to experts, as quoted from the page Eat This Not ThatSunday (27/3/2022):
1. Frequent urination
If you feel the need to go to the bathroom more than usual, it may be a sign of high blood sugar. Excess blood sugar molecules also “spill” into the urine.
“This means that as blood filters through the kidneys, some of the sugar leaves the blood and isn’t reabsorbed,” says nutritionist James Norman, MD, FACS FACE.
The extra sugar that is now in the urine causes the water molecules to follow normal physical principles. Because of this, people with diabetes often urinate as the second classic symptom of diabetes.
2. Sexual dysfunction
Did you know that high blood sugar can cause erectile dysfunction? It’s easy to ignore health warnings, especially those related to asymptomatic conditions like early-stage diabetes.
“But what if controlling blood sugar could be the difference between having a healthy sex life and having trouble getting an erection at a very young age?”, says urologist Nathan Starke MD.
The reality is diabetes and erectile dysfunction are very closely related. Poor blood sugar control can permanently impair sexual function at a very early age.
3. Blurred vision
Blurred vision can be signs of high blood sugar and diabetes. This cannot be ignored. “Over time, uncontrolled diabetes or chronic hyperglycemia can cause damage to blood vessels throughout the body, including in your eyes,” says Dr. Russel Lazarus.
When the blood vessels in the retina become damaged, diabetic retinopathy (a serious eye disease) can develop. Diabetic retinopathy occurs when retinal blood vessels leak blood and fluid into the retina, causing blurred vision to eventually cause loss of vision.
4. Constant hunger
Constant hunger can be a sign the body is resistant to insulin. If the body doesn’t make enough insulin or the cell refuses insulin, glucose cannot enter the cell. Geisinger’s Director of Diabetes Quality and Education, Mary Johnson, says that means people will have less energy and may feel more tired and hungrier than usual.
5. Feeling tired all the time
Chronic fatigue is linked to a number of health conditions, but is particularly common in people with high blood sugar. High blood glucose can cause diabetes fatigue through inflammation.
Dr David Spero says blood vessels can be inflamed by sugar. When this happens, according to research, immune cells called monocytes enter the brain, causing fatigue.
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