Publisher's Synopsis
Hyperglycemia occurs when there's too much sugar (glucose) in your blood. It's also referred to as high blood sugar or high blood glucose. This occurs when your frame has too little insulin (a hormone) or if your body can't use insulin well (insulin resistance).
Insulin is a hormone made by your pancreas that allows your body to use sugar for power. If your pancreas doesn't work as it must, it can no longer make or release the insulin you want to control your blood sugars, resulting in diabetes.
Diabetes is a condition wherein your frame doesn't make enough insulin, or your frame doesn't use insulin correctly.
What does insulin do?
Insulin moves glucose from your blood into cells all over your frame. Glucose comes from meals and your body's natural launch of saved glucose. Consider insulin because of the "key" that opens the "doorways" of the cells in your body. As soon as insulin opens your mobile doors, glucose can leave your bloodstream and pass into your cells, where you operate it for energy. Without sufficient insulin, glucose can't get into your cells and alternatively builds up in your blood (hyperglycemia).
Many situations can affect your frame's potential to provide and launch insulin. They encompass:
- Gestational diabetes is diabetes that begins at some point in pregnancy.