Diabetes Mellitus Blog

What symptoms and what consequences?

The regulation of glucose in the body is complex and varies according to blood glucose:

• The secretion of insulin.
• Food that provides glucose, mostly from carbohydrates, to replenish energy reserves.
• Physical activity that is going to consume sugar in muscle and mobilize reserves.

Without insulin, blood glucose rises: is hyperglycemia. The excess glucose will be partially eliminated in the urine, resulting in an increased need to urinate and increased thirst. If these signs are ignored several days, hyperglycemia can become very dangerous. In the very long term, hyperglycemia can have serious health consequences. The low rate of glucose or ‘hypo’ is the consequence of excess insulin, most often due to a processing error in children with diabetes. Hypoglycemia may also be the consequence of consumption of glucose more than expected for example in case of unexpected prolonged physical effort. It can occur suddenly with symptoms reflecting the reaction of the nervous system at the lack of glucose as paleness, sweating and trembling, but also behavioral problems, aggression or apathy, or even loss of consciousness, which reflect the lack of glucose level brain. Severe hypoglycemia is exceptional in school.