Elevated blood sugar is harmful to the kidneys of diabetic nephropathy development. This is specific vascular lesion of kidneys in diabetes, in the final stage of which develops chronic renal failure.
For 20 years, every second patient with diabetes mellitus (I or type II) developed kidney disease of varying degrees.
The causes of kidney damage.
High blood sugar levels. The worse your blood sugar is controlled, the higher the probability of occurrence of diabetic nephropathy. Continue reading »
It should be noted that hypoglycemia is an unavoidable consequence of a good compensation of diabetes mellitus on the background of insulin. However, even mild hypoglycemia should not be too frequent (more than three per week).
The study on control of diabetes and complications has been shown that hypoglycemia – a lesser evil compared with late complications of diabetes.
Hypoglycemia as a cause of death is very rare, because a significant reduction in blood glucose in the body included the processes of self-regulation, increased sugar and Continue reading »
Hypoglycemia that occurs during the night. A distinctive feature of this type of hypoglycemia is that person in a dream can not control himself and to recognize impending hypoglycemia.
Causes of the Night Hypoglycemia:
intense physical activity;
alcohol intake;
violation of the usual interval between the administration of insulin and dinner;
insufficient dinner;
large dose of the extended evening insulin (pods lowering drugs). Continue reading »
Before taking alcohol.
Carry the meter and medicaments for the treatment of hypoglycemia (glucagon has no effect in the presence of alcohol!).
Make sure that others know the signs of hypoglycemia and will promptly and correctly identify the cause of sudden deterioration and are able to provide the necessary assistance.
You should have an identity card and a card with the following list of information:
1) Information about the presence of diabetes;
2) The full residential address and contact loved ones Continue reading »
Delayed hypoglycemia – a drop of blood sugar that occurs after a few hours (within 16 hours or more) after exposure to a provoking factor.
Reasons of delayed hypoglycemia.
The most common causes of delayed hypoglycemia are physical exercise and alcohol consumption.
Clinical manifestations of delayed hypoglycemia.
Delayed hypoglycemia differs from the usual, except that it is not always Continue reading »
What is hypoglycemia (definition)?Hypoglycemia – reduction in blood glucose level to a value at which the body and especially the brain cells lack glucose and energy hungry. This leads to a disruption of their function, which manifests various clinical symptoms.
There are true and false (but no less dangerous) hypoglycemia. False differs from the true fact that in the presence of clinical symptoms characteristic of hypoglycemia, blood glucose values may be normal or elevated. This typically is when there is a rapid decrease in blood sugar from high values, eg from 20-25 to 10-15 mg / dL. With true hypoglycemic blood glucose Continue reading »
