People are usually ignorant about their blood sugar unless they have been diagnosed with diabetes. Sometimes, just because a person doesn’t have a history of diabetes in the family, they feel they do not have to worry about their diet at all.
But the fact is a high blood sugar can also be very deadly, even if you don’t have any diabetes. And yet, due to their ignorance people don’t take it seriously. If your blood sugar is constantly high and is not coming down, you definitely need to take care of your health. Many people are also ignorant about the signs of a high blood sugar.
So here are a few symptoms which should warn you about your blood sugar.
1. You are always thirsty.
Because your kidneys are not able to process the excessive glucose in your blood, they flush it out in the form of urine. This dehydrates your body and you feel thirsty all the time.
2. You are also hungrier than ever before.
If you notice a sudden increase in your appetite, it can be another visible side effect if increased sugar in your blood. Your body builds up insulin resistance which hampers the conversion of food into energy in the body. Hence, your body feels the need to eat more food than before.
3. Urge to pee frequently.
Remember the first point. Increased sugar in your blood means that you need to pee a lot more. So if you find yourself making many more trips to the bathroom than you are used to, you need to take notice.
4. Being tired all the time.
Even though we associate glucose with energy, it is not necessarily the case when this excess glucose is in your body. Because of the points explained before, you feel tired all the time. Chronic fatigue is another negative effect of high blood sugar.
5. Blurred vision.
When there is high blood sugar, the lenses I’m your eyes also tend to get swollen. And swollen lenses mean that you won’t be able to see properly. So if you feel that your vision is blurred, you might want to get your blood sugar checked.
6. Your skin has turned dry over time.
If you never had dry skin before and now have been observing it getting drier over time, it might indicate that your blood sugar level is quite high. And has been so over time.
7. The impotence of men.
A male erection depends on the flow of blood from other parts of the body to the penis. An increased amount of sugar in the blood disrupts this flow.
8. Increase in body weight.
Being insulin resistant will cause you to gain weight even if you might not be eating that much.
