what is blood sugar?

Answer 1

Blood sugar is the amount of sugar in your blood. It is very important to have a target blood sugar to determine how much insulin you need to correct/if you need to eat to raise it. My target is 80-120. There are two ways to measure blood sugar. I use miligrams per desoliter. It measures the amount of sugar per desoliter. To much sugar in the blood, for a long period of time can result in dka, diabetic coma, amputations, blindness, or even death. If one is careful to control their sugars than they are at less risk for these horrible complications.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

When we talk about blood sugar, we usually mean the level of glucose concentration in your blood. It is normal to have a fasting glucose level between about 70-120 in a person without diabetes or hypoglycemia (too low a blood glucose)

Glucose levels normally rise after eating a meal and then return to the baseline. In diabetes, the levels go far too high and come down much more slowly. Too much glucose in the blood can cause damage to parts of the body, so those with diabetes must control their levels to as near normal as possible. This may be done with diet and exercise, oral medications, and/or injected insulin.

Excessive body fat impairs the body's ability to process sugars so keeping as near a normal weight as possible is important as well.

Too low a blood sugar has dangers of its own since the brain and other organs need glucose to function, so it is important not to get too low either.

Answer 4

In medicine, blood sugar is a term used to refer to levels of glucose in the blood. Blood sugar concentration, or serum glucose level, is tightly regulated in the human body. Glucose, transported via the bloodstream, is the primary source of energy for the body's cells. Levels rise after meals and are usually lowest in the morning, before the first meal of the day. Though it is called "blood sugar", other sugars besides glucose are found in the blood, like fructose and galactose. However, only glucose levels are regulated via insulin and glucagon.

Answer 5

all the cells in your body need sugar for energy. when you eat, and digestion occurrs, the complex sugars in food are broken down into simple sugars that are transported in the blood to different parts of the body. blood sugar is the measure of this amt. of sugar in the blood at any given time. if these blood sugar readings are constantly elevated, then it may be possible that you have diabetes. this is when the cells in the body do not take up the sugar in the blood appropriately - leaving it to circulate.

constantly elevated blood sugars can lead to many long-term problems, including peripheral neuropathy, nephropathy, or retinopathy.

Answer 6

It is a term referring to serum glucose level which is the amount of glucose in the blood.
Glucose is both an energy source and and an intermadiate step in production of other energy sources. Almost every living thing uses glucose, from plants to animals, even fungus.
The inability of your body to regulate control of blood glucose, and how, defines what type of Diabetes you have.
High blood glucose levels occur when th body cannot control the glucose levels in the blood.
Insulin is the key that unlocks the door to your cells, so that glucose may pass though and be used by your body (in many different and long-winded ways). The type of trouble your body is having with it's insulin production determines why you have high glucose levels - that is, what type of diabetes you have.
Type 1 is the body's inability to produce insulin, and must rely on outside sources.
Type 2- Insulin resistant people, have either a condition that prevents normal insulin responses, or produce too little insulin.
Reaven's Syndrome or metabolic syndrome can be another effect, and can lead to Type 2 diabeties and heart problems.

Answer 7

It's the level of glucose in your blood. Normal range is 70-100 mg/dL. In people with diabetes it can get very high if they eat too much sugar at once or very low if they take too much insulin. A person can go into a diabetic coma with a blood sugar of 600 or more.

Answer 8

Blood sugar is referred to as blod glucose. When you eat foods, all your food turns to sugar, and depending on a foods glycemic level depends on how high it will raise your sugar level. So it is impotant to watch what you eat, how much you eat, and at what times you eat, and what times you take your medication.

Go to websites: American Diabetes Association
WebMd.com and type in Diabetes in your browser line to learn more about this disorder.

Answer 9

More Sugar in your Blood than normal.

Answer 10

hi kuldeep
blood sugar, is the concentration of sugar(glucose) in the blood, which should be in the range of 60-120 mg/dL, if it is found to be raised the person is called to be dibetic, which is a condition in which pancreas is not abel to produse hormon insulen used for the digestion of sugar.