Help with hyperglycemic/hypoglcemic/diabetes?

Question

after experienceing emotional highs&lows extreme tiredness & weight gain due to high sugar intake ,headaches,aniety attacks.. I fear I may be one of the above. I dont have insurance . I am wondering if theres is a free testing center in ohio ?or if anyone can share info on this subject Thx :O)

Frequent urination ,numbness in hands & night waking up at night to urinate & eat , inability to sllep thru night

Answer 1

I don't live in Ohio so I don't know about testing centers, but I occassionally experience this but not as much as I used to. A couple things I found helpful: limit caffiene to about 6-8oz per day, eat small snacks throughout to day to keep your sugar levels intake (preferably fruit with cheese or PB), try to limit your stress, and get plenty of rest and plenty of water. This helped me.

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Answer 4

You may be hyperglycemia. You can go to a free clinic to get checked out, but to just let you know, in order to be tested, you are going to need to go through a 3-5 hr blood test. What they do is they will take your blood every hour on the hour. You are going to have to fast before you take the test so make sure you get there early and don't eat or drink anything. When you get there, they are going to take your blood, then they are going to make you drink something that has a lot of sugar in it. It doesn't taste all that great, but you have to drink it. After an hour they are going to take ur blood and they will continue to do that until the tast is done. usually, if you think you have hyper, it will be only 3 hrs, but if they think you are hyper and hypo, you are going to be there for 5 hrs. I've done the 5 hr test cause I'm just hypo. Hope everything goes well. To find a free clinic where you live, go to yahoo yellow pages and type in free medical clinic.....it should show you any free clinic close to you.

Answer 5

Common Symptoms of Diabetic Hyperglycemia:

If you have diabetes mellitus, the presence of these symptoms can indicate that blood sugar levels are too high:

Polyphagia (frequent hunger, especially pronounced hunger)
Polydipsia (frequent thirst, especially excessive thirst)
Polyuria (frequent urination, especially excessive urination)
But caution: Frequent hunger without the other two symptoms (which invariably occur together, absent renal complications, bladder infections, etc.), can also indicate that blood sugar levels are too low. This commonly occurs when people who have type 2 diabetes mellitus take too much oral hypoglycemic medication for the amount of food they eat. The resulting drop in blood sugar level to below the normal range prompts a hunger response. This hunger is not usually as pronounced as in type 1 diabetes mellitus (especially the juvenile onset form).

People with chronic non-diabetic hyperglycemia who take oral hypoglycemic medication can have the same problem (again, not as pronounced a hunger. In particular, if the hyperglycemia is caused by obesity, prescription of oral hypoglycemic medication can be ill advised. This is because the medication typically interferes with the subject's weight reduction plan by artificially lowering the blood sugar levels, so that a strong hunger response occurs when the subject attempts to naturally lower the blood sugar levels through a programme of proper diet and exercise. A vicious cycle can result, in which the more the subject exercises to lose weight, the greater the hunger caused by the medication, so that subject eats more to compensate for the oral hypoglycemic and, thus, cannot lose weight. The average blood sugar levels thus do not change, which can lead to an increase in the dosage of the oral hypglycemic medication, which only perpetuates the problem.

Other symptoms of diabetic hyperglycemia may include:

Blurred vision
Fatigue
Weight loss
Poor wound healing (cuts, scrapes, etc.)
Dry mouth
Dry or itchy skin
Impotence (male)
Recurrent infections such as vaginal yeast infections, groin rash, or external ear infections (swimmers ear)
These symptoms do not normally occur with acute non-diabetic hyperglycemia (it just doesn't last long enough), but some of them can occur in chronic non-diabetic hyperglycemia. The notable exception is weight loss, which almost never happens in chronic non-diabetic hyperglycemia - especially if the hyperglycemia is caused by obesity. Instead, the subject either maintains a stable obese weight, or gains weight. This is one of the ways non-diabetic hyperglycemia can be distinguished from diabetic hyperglycemia.

Answer 6

Well first of all im no doctor, but i might be able to help. You should go to a doctor and expalin him what you feel. Hyper pretty much means that some thing goes up(e.g hyperthermia or heat stroke) and hypo is the opposite (e.g hypothermia). In diabetics thats a huge risk. In diabetes one of the common effects is excessive urination and tiredness, and also excessive thirst. But theres two types of diabetes. But i need to get more info in those. I hope that u visit a doctor no matter what usually a consultation is no more than 300(of course that depends how greedy the doctor is and of your location) i hope i was help.

Answer 7

You might want to try to purchase a blood sugar meter at any drug store or large box store such as walmart. Or you can try calling Bayer at 1-800-471-9851 to see if you can get a free one. But you might need to have a diagnose of diabetes. So try to test your blood sugar after fasting for 12 hours. Your blood sugar, fasting should between 60-109 mg/dl. But before doing that try to commit yourself to a healthy food choices and give that a try. If not get your blood tested. If out of that fasting range you need to see a health professional.

Answer 8

Hyper mens too much hypo means too little. There are tons of reasons to experience the symptoms you are including pregnancy and just plain depression you need to see a dr. insurance or not.

Answer 9

you need to drink oarnge juice and all and carry the tablets with you and you need to get on a regular diet and all