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Doctor's Answer
by JDRF-VOL-SG, Jun 10, 2007 12:00AM
Your question is a bit vague — I am not really sure what you are asking, but I will do my best to offer an answer. If you are asking how to detect glucose levels, the answer is to test with your glucometer. If you are asking what kinds of SYMPTOMS to look for when glucose levels are too high or too low, I find that the symptoms can be similar for both:
dry mouth, thirsty feeling (particularly when sugar is high)
fatigue, sleepy feeling (when sugar is either high OR low)
inability to concentrate
hunger or nausea (when sugar is low)
feeling of irritability or depression
headache (more noticeable when sugar is low)
shaking hands (low glucose symptom)
Your ideal glucose range before meals should be somewhere between 70-126, according to most doctors (the numbers can be slightly different for different doctors, but all are close to this). After meals, glucose levels can go up higher in healthy people. Some doctors like to give a number of about 146 after a meal as the cut-off before looking at a patient as possibly being diabetic.
Hope this helps. If I really did not answer your question, please post again and be more specific.
dry mouth, thirsty feeling (particularly when sugar is high)
fatigue, sleepy feeling (when sugar is either high OR low)
inability to concentrate
hunger or nausea (when sugar is low)
feeling of irritability or depression
headache (more noticeable when sugar is low)
shaking hands (low glucose symptom)
Your ideal glucose range before meals should be somewhere between 70-126, according to most doctors (the numbers can be slightly different for different doctors, but all are close to this). After meals, glucose levels can go up higher in healthy people. Some doctors like to give a number of about 146 after a meal as the cut-off before looking at a patient as possibly being diabetic.
Hope this helps. If I really did not answer your question, please post again and be more specific.
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