If you always feel hungry or gain weight despite reducing calories or experience frequent stomach problems, with a positive ‘Yes’ for these queries, you are experiencing symptoms of high blood sugar. The real danger is when the blood sugar level remains on the higher side for an extended period, which may lead to diabetes or many other health hazards. However, if you are aware of the symptoms of high blood sugar and identify it as you experience these symptoms regularly; it would prompt you to take needful steps to get it under control.
There are several factors that contribute to symptoms of high blood sugar including
♠ Deficient diet
♠ Lack of regular exercising
♠ Stress
♠ Certain health conditions
♠ Use of some medicines
What are the symptoms of high blood sugar?
Presence of high blood sugar does not necessarily mean that you have diabetes. High blood sugar is merely a symptom of diabetes. In reality, an individual having high blood sugar or hyperglycemia could bear no symptoms at all. However, the most common symptoms of high blood sugar include:
- Increased thirst
- Dry mouth
- Always feeling hungry
- Frequent urination and /or urination in the night
- Dry and itchy skin
- Everyday fatigue or extreme tiredness
- Problem in concentrating
- Excess abdominal fat or weight gain
- Recurrent infections
- Blurred vision
- Slow healing of cuts and wounds
- Impotence
- Nerve problems
- Stomach problems