Normal Sugar Levels

Normal sugar levels measuring meter – Why is this essential for you?

ahamedcassim — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:46:36 +0000

Before buying something, do not buy anything for the sake of the information given by the advertisement. What you should know is whether you really need this or not. Most of the people go on shopping keeping something on their back of their mind that they are going to buy some clothes for you. If you are a person who wears long sleeve shirts and long trousers, would you ever buy a short trouser just because your friend said that it suits you well or because of the color it has? Similarly, you should assure yourself that you really need this normal sugar levels measuring instrument for sure whether for your parents or your spouse. But how do you figure out that whether you suits excellently for this product as a buyer because of some of your requirements? It’s simple as this. This product measures the level of glucose in your blood or any other sample like urine sample. So at the very first time you got diagnosed for diabetes, you should consider monitoring your blood glucose levels constantly. Therefore, you will have to first get diagnosed with diabetes. So if you are reading this to buy this glucose measuring instrument, we recommend you to first do one blood test in a particular time period and compare your results with the following data given. Make sure that this does not be valid for pregnant mothers because normal blood sugar levels during pregnancy vary.

Blood sugar levels chart

The status of the person	Fasting sugar level or blood glucose level before meal		Oral Glucose Tolerance Test / mg/dl
	Minimum value / mg/dl	Maximum value / mg/dl	Oral Glucose Tolerance Test / mg/dl
Normal	80	100	< 140
Pre diabetes	101	126	140 to 200
Diagnosed with diabetes	> 126	Can vary	> 200

I recommend you to buy yourself a normal sugar levels measuring tool if you are in the category of pre diabetes or diagnosed with diabetes. This instrument consists of stripes where you have to dip that into the sample and then insert it into the meter. There is a list of products in the slideshow of this web site top right and if you prefer you can buy the USB stick which is powered by a computer or a simple meter which is powered by a battery. The number of stripes is mentioned in the product details. After you bought the meter, you will have to check the normal sugar levels for the following time periods and then compare your results with the blood sugar levels chart. By constantly checking your blood glucose levels, you can have a better monitoring plan so that you know when to go to the doctor and have the treatments as required.

High blood sugar levels – Bane facts

ahamedcassim — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:56:31 +0000

When a person no longer can hold his/her internal glucose level, this my lead to high blood sugar levels where, these patients will have to suffer from the banes a lot. The main reason from which this condition arises is that when the hormone insulin is prevented from releasing into the blood stream. As a result, glucose conversion to glycogen is prevented. Then again, as the glycogen production stops, the glucose gets saturated in the blood so as an out come, signs of diabetes may result. The health signs could be as follows;

1) Extreme thirst – As the concentration of glucose in thne blood increases, the reabsorbing of the glucose again into the blood after the ultra filtration will be difficult and so as a result, the water in the blood moves into the filtrate inside the tubule in order to dilute the glucose. So as a result more water is drawn out of the blood into the urine. So you lose more water out of the blood and then you tend to drink more water and even that you may not feel quenched. This could be one of the first symptoms of high blood sugar.

2) Another sign of high blood sugar levels could be that the patient who suffers from diabetes may tend to go to bathroom to urinate more frequently than usual. This is also due to the reason of inability to reabsorb the glucose from the filtrate in the tubules back to the blood. And as a result, water volume in bladder increases rapidly.

3) Gradual weight loss – Insulin production is inhibited due to may be a viral attack into the body and then immune system may attack the insulin producing cells. When the muscle tissues and other cells have a high demand for glucose, the body needs to adjust this by using the muscle tissue itself and fats in body itself in order to produce energy.

4) Blurred vision, tiredness may also be experienced by the patient.

Normal sugar levels chart

The following are the ideal blood sugar level for the specific periods of time.

Time	Blood glucose normal range
	( mmol/l )	(mg/dl )
Fasting blood sugar level or level before meal	4.44 – 5.56	80 – 100
Before waking	4.44 – 5.56	80 – 100
At Oral Glucose tolerance test after about 2 hrs	< 7.8	< 140
A1C Test	4% – 6%

If these ranges are being exceed unusually, the patient may be diagnosed with diabetes.

What are the normal sugar levels in our body?

ahamedcassim — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:32:40 +0000

Testing your internal body environment constantly is really important for a healthy life. Maintaining the normal sugar levels is one of the key factors for a person to be healthy. Usually, the sugar levels always change slightly or by large difference, but yet blood sugar regulating hormones like insulin and glucagon helps us to maintain this normal level as a part of homeostasis in our body. It is very important to maintain the sugar levels in our body as this could even affect the other internal body environment also. Although this works in almost every person, yet there are few people who are most likely to be old age of 40-50 and even young people in the age of 12 – 20 and they cannot maintain at their normal sugar levels. This is due to malfunctioning of their hormones and as a result, the maintaining process cannot be carried out. However the normal blood sugar level fluctuates throughout the day.

In other words, the lowest sugar level is in the morning period before actually having your meal and is also called as fasting blood sugar levels and then soon after you have taken the meal, the blood glucose level rises rapidly. And then the hormone production is stimulated by this change and production of insulin which converts glucose into glycogen starts. And when the blood glucose level reaches the normal level the hormone production is stopped. However when the glucose demand is high there is another hormone called as glucagon is acted on glycogen to convert it into glucose for rapid energy production to cells like muscle fibers, liver and other organs and tissues. The normal blood sugar range lies in within 3.6 – 5.8 mMol/L (millimoles/liter). When the level of sugar is below this range it is said to be low blood sugar or hypoglycemia while when the range is exceeded it is said to be high blood sugar or hyperglycemia. When the person is suffering from hyperglycemia, the glucose may even be able to get excreted in the urine. Therefore a urine sample could be tested and then if glucose is present in it, he/she may be suffering from diabetes mellitus.