As we all know that diabetes is a dangerous disease which is wide spread nowadays. The main source for diabetes is increased blood glucose or blood sugar levels. The glucose level in our body is calculated by the amount of glucose in our blood. The food we intake will be converted to glucose and it is carried to the cells by blood to produce energy. This blood sugar must be maintained with the help of insulin secreted by pancreas and if this insulin is not adequate the blood sugar will not be converted to energy that will lead to causes of high blood sugar levels.
Causes of high blood sugar will source the occurrence of various severe conditions of diabetes problems. Based on the modern food habits and lifestyle the normal blood sugar levels have been fluctuating constantly. High blood sugar level in the morning is the most serious issue that should be treated at the earliest to avoid health hazards. In most cases the morning blood sugar will be lower before eating breakfast and will slowly rise after consuming food. In particular consumption of sugary food will lead to high blood glucose if the person has low insulin levels.
Causes of high blood sugar can be of two forms one is the dawn effect and the other is Somogyi effect. The dawn phenomenon is resulted due to the natural body changes that occur during sleep. Usually during night times blood sugar level drops and the body will release hormones to raise this level which will reduce insulin levels and resulting in high blood sugar reading in the morning. The next is Somogyi effect or rebound hyperglycemia that occurs in the diabetic patients who are under insulin medication. If the diabetic patient who take very high nighttimes insulin or do not eat adequate snack before bed time will lower blood glucose levels and the hormones are released to increase blood glucose levels.
It is must for everyone to visit their doctors to perform proper blood glucose monitoring habitually. The causes of high blood sugar are a serious problems and it should be assessed in the early stage to avoid diabetes and maintain normal blood sugar levels in the body to live healthy. Monitoring blood glucose levels will help us to differentiate the type of high blood glucose rise in the morning and obtain medications depending on it. If the diabetes blood glucose is normal or high during monitoring then it is of dawn phenomenon and if the glucose level is low it is of Somogyi phenomenon.
Depending on the causes of the high blood glucose levels our doctor suggests medications and advices like altering the type of insulin taken in the evening (long-term or short-term), increasing the insulin dosage in the morning, taking insulin overnight, eating lighter breakfast, using insulin pump to release extra insulin in the morning, consuming nutritious diet habitually, performing adequate exercise etc. For better results to control diabetic sugar levels it is vital to follow all these suggestions.