KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Increased blood sugar levels need to be controlled so as not to cause chronic health problems such as diabetes.
Reporting from Web MD, if elevated blood sugar is left untreated, high blood sugar levels or hyperglycemia can result in damage to nerves, blood vessels, and vital organs.
High blood sugar can also cause serious complications that can lead to fatal symptoms, namely the syndrome nonketotik hiperglikemik hiperosmolar. This condition can make the sufferer urinate frequently, the intensity of urination decreases, until severe dehydration.
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Diabetics are often familiar with the characteristics of rising blood sugar, because they are often in phases hyperglycemia. This is not the case with some people with prediabetes or diabetes who have never had a medical check-up.
To prevent diabetes and its complications, you need to be diligent about checking your blood sugar levels regularly, in addition to knowing some of the characteristics of rising blood sugar.
Especially for those of you who are at risk of suffering from diabetes such as having a family with diabetes, excess weight, and age over 45 years.
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Launching Self, here are some of the characteristics of rising blood sugar that need to be watched out for:
1. Fatigue
Feeling tired is the first characteristic of rising blood sugar. Not only diabetics, people with normal blood sugar conditions can also feel tired when their blood sugar spikes.
One of them is after eating large amounts of simple carbohydrates. Suppose a very sweet drink. If you are often sleepy after eating carbohydrates or drinking sugary drinks, try a medical check-up.
2. Urinating frequently
When there is too much sugar in the blood, the kidneys will automatically release more sugar by removing it through urine. This condition makes people whose blood sugar rises urinate more often.
3. Increased thirst
After the body loses a lot of fluids due to frequent urination when blood sugar rises, the result is that a person often feels thirsty. The more often a person urines, the more often he feels thirsty.
4. Headache
When the body loses a lot of fluids due to frequent urination, another symptom that often arises is a headache. True, headaches can be a sign of illness or other health problems.
However, in many conditions including when blood sugar rises, dehydration can trigger headaches.
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5. Blurred vision
Some parts of the body that are unexpectedly affected by high blood sugar, one of them is the eye. Excess blood sugar along with water can get trapped in the lens in the middle of the eye, causing blurred vision.
Unlike the condition of blurred vision in diabetics which usually occurs in the long term, vision problems in people whose blood sugar rises are generally only temporary.
If you often experience some of the signs of increased blood sugar, consult a doctor immediately. (Mahardini Nur Afifah)
This article has been published on Kompas.com with the title “5 Characteristics of Increased Blood Sugar to Watch Out for“
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