It happens that a person begins to drink more fluid than usual; often urinates, including at night; feels that his skin has become drier, and does not know what to do. Many in this situation come up with a lot of reasons not to go to the doctor, believing that "it will pass."
But all this will not work. When such symptoms appear, a person must first determine his blood glucose level. You can do this in any laboratory, but it is best to go to the clinic at the place of residence on a weekday .
After the results of the blood test are obtained, you need to go with them to the doctor - for starters, you can contact the therapist or family doctor, who will refer you to the endocrinologist if necessary.
Blood glucose - what can it be?
Nowadays, the rate of blood sugar should be known to every person. The level of glucose in the blood, the norm of which is within no more than 7.8, when measured in mmol / l, can vary depending on different situations. This also applies to a healthy person. Blood glucose levels increase as a result of eating any food, especially one that has a high glycemic index.
A rapid increase in this indicator provokes the release of insulin, which lowers blood sugar. As a result of this reaction, after eating sweets, a person feels hunger very quickly. For this reason, do not satisfy your hunger sweet.
The concentration of sugar in the blood usually decreases after physical exertion of high intensity, as well as in stressful situations. In this case, a person may feel hunger, weakness. To get rid of this condition, you just need to eat something.
In addition, the concentration of sugar in the blood can vary with pathological conditions. Most often there is a persistent excess of the maximum permissible level. This indicates the development of diabetes.
But also blood sugar can be reduced. This condition is called hypoglycemia. Often, hypoglycemia develops in people who suffer from diabetes, in violation of the regimen of sugar-lowering drugs. With a sharp decrease in the concentration of glucose in the blood, a person may develop hypoglycemic coma. This condition requires immediate intravenous administration of glucose.
Blood sugar control methods
A person who does not have diabetes can check the results of a blood test from a finger once every six months, this will be enough. If a person is sick with diabetes, then along with receiving a hypoglycemic therapy, he needs to regularly monitor the level of glucose in the blood.
You can, of course, donate blood for sugar in the laboratory. However, it is much more convenient to purchase a glucometer, with which you can control the concentration of glucose in the blood daily at home.
Why is it important to maintain normal blood sugar?
Long-term maintenance of elevated blood glucose concentrations often leads to a change in the rheological properties of blood. It becomes more dense, its resistance to flow through the vessels grows, which leads to the fact that the tissues of the human body receive an insufficient amount of oxygen.
This is especially pronounced in small blood vessels, that is, in capillaries. As a result, such a patient develops various complications - retinopathy (damage to the organs of vision), nephropathy (damage to the kidneys), trophic ulcers of the lower extremities. The most formidable complication can be called a stroke or heart attack.
As it should be clear from the above, it is very important for each person to find out the concentration of glucose in the blood and to monitor this indicator constantly. It is very important to do this under the guidance of your doctor - an endocrinologist or therapist.