in today's video we are going to be going over eight symptoms of hyperglycemia or high blood
sugar hyperglycemia means high blood sugar while hypoglycemia means low blood sugar hyperglycemic
blood sugar levels are considered to be anything over 140 milligrams per deciliter or 7.8 millimole
per liter the effects of hyperglycemia are not always immediately noticeable someone might be
able to go months or years without even realizing they have high blood sugar but the consequences
can be severe including causing kidney failure or nerve damage and in extreme cases untreated
hyperglycemia can result in a coma or death so in today's video we are going to be going over what
causes hyperglycemia and eight signs that you might have high blood sugar
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symptoms of hyperglycemia i'm quickly going to go over what causes it but if you want to
go straight into the symptoms i always have time stamps on the progress bar so you can skip ahead
either way make sure to stick around until the end of the video because symptom number six is
one that is pretty common but a lot of people don't realize it is related to high blood sugar
what causes high blood sugar when we talk about blood sugar or blood glucose
what we are referring to is the concentration of sugar in the blood there is roughly four grams
or one teaspoon of sugar in the bloodstream of a healthy individual at all times however the amount
of sugar in our blood can increase depending on what we eat when we exercise and if we're stressed
temporary influxes in blood sugar are normal and not a cause for concern what is concerning
however is when our blood sugar remains elevated and does not come back down to baseline usually
hyperglycemia is seen in diabetics both type 1 and type 2 and can be a sign that your treatment is no
longer working and you may need your medication adjusted but if you have not been diagnosed with
diabetes having hyperglycemia might mean that you actually are diabetic or have insulin resistance
so you should check in with your doctor asap diabetics bodies are not able to manage blood
sugar efficiently and therefore it stays elevated for longer than it should now the reason that it
stays elevated for people with type 1 diabetes and people with type 2 diabetes is actually
different type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the body is not able to produce insulin
and without insulin there is nothing to take the excess sugar from the bloodstream to the cells
so the blood sugar remains high insulin must be injected in order for blood sugar to lower
type 2 diabetics actually have the opposite problem there is too much insulin being produced
and the cells that should be taking glucose in become resistant to the signals from insulin
i won't go too much into diabetes today i do have a whole video talking about the differences
between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes and different treatments which i will link above if
you want to know more but anyways the point is is that hyperglycemia means that the body is not able
to handle blood sugar efficiently and as we already discussed the consequences can be
deadly so if you're experiencing the symptoms we are about to outline or if they keep occurring you
need to go see your doctor because it could be diabetes and as i already mentioned if you have
already been diagnosed as diabetic it might be a sign that your medication is no longer effective
but anyways now let's get into the symptoms number one being always thirsty if you're someone who is
always thirsty despite how much water you drink this might be a sign you have hyperglycemia
when blood sugar is elevated the kidneys have to work extra hard to process the excess glucose
and if they fall behind the excess glucose is excreted through urine when this happens
it also drives fluid from our tissues which results in you becoming dehydrated and thirsty
number two frequent urination and of course this goes along with the last symptom if you have to
urinate more frequently than what is typical this might be a sign you have hyperglycemia for obvious
reasons these two symptoms tend to go hand in hand number three brain fog high blood sugar can
cause you to have brain fog trouble focusing and confusion this is because high blood sugar affects
neurotransmitter levels increasing hormones such as serotonin and gaba if hyperglycemia persists
long term it can also lead to blood vessel damage this creates problems for blood circulation and
essentially ends up starving the brain which means you will experience brain fog number four fatigue
fatigue is another common symptom of hyperglycemia when our body is not able to manage blood sugar
efficiently our cells are not taking it in and therefore do not receive the energy they need
the result of this is the body feeling drained and tired number five dizziness someone who is
hyperglycemic might also experience dizziness usually this is the result of dehydration
due to the kidneys having to work in overdrive which we already spoke about
number six having a dry mouth again this comes down to dehydration a lot of people do not realize
that this can be caused by hyperglycemia so if you always have a dry mouth and are always thirsty
hyperglycemia might be the reason why number seven nausea the next symptom is nausea and
vomiting these can both be caused by high blood sugar levels number eight shortness of breath
and the final symptom is shortness of breath too much glucose in the blood can have an effect on
lung function reducing vascular diffusing capacity and making it difficult to breathe and those are
eight signs of hyperglycemia you want to look out for so to recap number one always thirsty
number two frequent urination number three brain fog number 4 fatigue number 5 dizziness
number 6 dry mouth number 7 nausea and number 8 shortness of breath now i really want to stress
this again if you are experiencing a lot of these symptoms no matter if you are diabetic if you have
insulin resistance or not you need to go see your doctor asap hyperglycemia is not something to take
lightly but on that note i'm going to wrap up the video here if you did enjoy the video please
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