Blood Glucose High - When to Take Action and What to Do

 Every diabetic will occasionally have a high glucose reading.  In most cases, a one-time occurrence is no reason to get extremely excited.   If you have highs on a regular basis, it is time to take action.

 Evaluate the Timing

 Checking blood sugar on a daily basis four times a day will help you identify times of day and frequency of high sugar levels.  Once you know when and how long your blood sugar is high, you can begin to take corrective measures to get blood sugar normal. 

 Identify the Cause

 As you probably already know, your blood sugar goes high when there is not enough insulin present to allow the body to burn the glucose in your blood for energy.  Excessive glucose in your blood can come from a variety of reasons.

 1)     You are eating too much

2)     You are not exercising enough

3)     Medications you are taking may raise your blood sugar

4)     You need to adjust your diabetes medications or insulin

 Evaluate your last few days of blood sugar readings.  Do you see a pattern?  For example if your blood sugar is high every day before dinner, could it be you had too big a lunch?  Look for possible causes and make changes to see if you have identified the cause.

 Taking Action

 In many cases of consistently high blood sugar, the problem can be resolved by doing two things.  First is diet

 Make sure you are eating a healthy diet and using proper portion control.  If you need help in this area, you may want to see a dietitian. 

 Secondly, make sure you are active.  Exercise is a major factor to good diabetes control.  Every diabetic should do some form of exercise on a daily basis.  In many cases, this will resolve the high blood sugars.   

 The two solutions of eating proper portions of a healthy diet and getting regular exercise are relatively simple solutions.  Yet, so many do not make the effort to incorporate these two activities into their lifestyle.  Unfortunately those diabetics who do not usually wind up with horrible diabetes complications.  Do not become one of the horrible statistics…eat right, check your blood sugar, and exercise daily.  You’ll be healthier and happier for the efforts.