Text/Xia Mo
Editor/Xia Mo
Preface
As one of the biggest health concerns for most people these days, diabetes tends to send messages while you sleep.
When you have the following five conditions before going to bed or while sleeping, it is likely that diabetes is sounding the alarm bell for you, so be sure to pay attention!
Having these five signs while sleeping can be a sign of high blood sugar
1. Frequent urination at night
When blood sugar levels are poorly controlled, blood sugar levels continue to rise, increasing the glomerular filtration rate and filtering out more urine from the kidneys.
In addition, hyperglycemic status can lead to an imbalance of antidiuretic, which reduces the ability of the renal tubules to reabsorb water in the urine, resulting in increased urine excretion.
Especially at night, when the body's metabolism is at its most vigorous, it will process various substances ingested throughout the day, which is why diabetics often wake up frequently while sleeping.
In addition, the urine of patients with hyperglycemia generally contains more glucose, and when its concentration exceeds the concentration threshold of the renal tubules, it cannot be reabsorbed, thus binding with the water in the urine, resulting in a large amount of water excretion, triggering dehydration, and stimulating more urine production.
Long-term hyperglycemia can also cause damage to the nervous system, including the autonomic nervous system, which plays an important role in urine control, and if it is abnormal, it is likely to excrete excessive urine.
2. Mouth dry mouth
If you often feel dry mouth, thirsty, and uncomfortable throat due to lack of water when you sleep at night, you should be careful if you are diabetic.
As the blood sugar is too high, the osmotic pressure in the body will increase, resulting in an increase in glucose in the urine, so that the kidneys cannot completely reabsorb the water in the urine.
However, if some friends are accustomed to breathing through the mouth or like to drink beer before going to bed, it will also cause the water in the mouth to volatilize, and it is easy to have a dry mouth and thirst when sleeping.
Therefore, once this abnormal situation occurs for a long time, it is still necessary to see a doctor as soon as possible to see if it is caused by high blood sugar, so as to treat it in time.
3. Fatigue and fatigue
Sleep is meant to be relaxing and give the body plenty of time to repair itself, but once you experience fatigue and fatigue while sleeping, it is likely to be caused by high blood sugar.
Diabetic patients tend to have high blood sugar levels due to insulin resistance or insufficient insulin secretion.
In this case of high blood sugar, the body's cells are unable to effectively use glucose as the body's energy source, and the body will feel tired and weak once it lacks energy.
In addition, due to the need for diabetic patients to wake up frequently at night, coupled with the increase in blood viscosity caused by dehydration, insufficient oxygen delivery, and poor blood circulation, it will affect the quality of sleep, and fatigue and fatigue will also occur after a night.
Complications such as neuropathy that diabetics are prone to, and impaired cardiovascular and nervous system functions due to cardiovascular disease can also make people feel tired while sleeping.
4. Hungry easily
At night, especially before bedtime, blood sugar levels fluctuate the most.
When blood sugar levels are too low and hypoglycemia occurs, it causes the body to release large amounts of insulin resistance, causing people to feel intensely hungry.
In addition, due to long-term hyperglycemia, neurological lesions caused by insulin insufficiency can affect gastrointestinal motility and digestive function, resulting in a slowdown in gastric emptying.
This makes the food stay in the stomach for a longer period of time, so even if you eat at night, you can easily get hungry before bedtime.
5. Itchy skin
Since high blood sugar causes the body to lose water, the skin becomes dry, so it is easy to itch.
In addition, because the immune function of patients with hyperglycemia is not very good, inflammatory factors will interfere with the normal function of the immune system, thereby reducing the ability to regulate inflammation, causing the skin to be more prone to fungal infections, which can cause itching.
In addition, the skin receptors of patients with high blood sugar are often more sensitive than ordinary people, so they are more susceptible to external stimulation, so they are more likely to feel itchy.
To prevent diabetes, keep doing so
High blood sugar is often a precursor to diabetes, and how to prevent diabetes has become a growing concern for many people.
Sticking to these tips can effectively control diabetes.
1. Maintain a healthy weight
Although this is an era of aesthetic tolerance, maintaining weight within a healthy number is more for the sake of our body.
When the human body is in a state of obesity, fat cells will release a variety of cytokines and hormones, which will interfere with the normal action of insulin, resulting in insulin resistance, making it impossible to reduce blood sugar levels by taking glucose normally, which can easily lead to diabetes.
In addition, obesity can also lead to chronic inflammation in the body, and inflammatory factors such as tumor necrosis factor will be released to interfere with the conduction of insulin signaling, which will further increase insulin resistance.
So, if you want to avoid high blood sugar, you must first have a healthy weight.
2. Eat a balanced diet
The first step you need to do to avoid obesity is to keep your mouth shut.
First of all, in the usual diet, it is necessary to reduce the intake of carbohydrates.
When carbohydrates are ingested, they are broken down into glucose, which then enters the bloodstream, and long-term high blood sugar levels will lead to a decrease in the body's sensitivity to insulin, causing insulin cells to slowly fail, resulting in a disorder in glucose metabolism.
However, reducing carbs does not mean eliminating carbohydrates completely, as concentrated grains such as white rice and flour are usually high in carbohydrates and can be replaced with whole grains or brown rice.
It is also necessary to pay attention to the intake of fresh fruits and vegetables to ensure the combined supply of fiber, vitamins and various minerals, green leafy vegetables, nuts, seeds and low-sugar fruits will not have much impact on blood sugar levels.
At the same time, you should also pay attention to avoid eating food, such as high sugar, high salt or butter, and don't eat foods made of animal oil, so as to avoid the body consuming too much high-calorie food to raise blood sugar.
In addition, alcohol can also cause damage to the function of the liver, which affects the secretion of insulin, and as a high-calorie substance, it contains calories that can also raise blood sugar and cause other complications, so it is also necessary to drink alcohol in moderation.
3. Exercise moderately
The second step to avoid obesity leading to diabetes is to open your legs.
Through moderate exercise, the body's sensitivity to insulin can be improved, and blood sugar can be transported to muscles or other cells for energy more efficiently.
It can also increase the uptake of glucose by the muscles, and the utilization rate will also be higher, so that the blood sugar will be consumed more quickly.
Aerobic exercises such as aerobics, walking, and cycling are all suitable for our daily choices.
epilogue
In addition to the above points to pay attention to, you should also check your body more often.
In this way, you can closely grasp your blood sugar situation and see if you need to control it deliberately.
The most important thing is to stick to a healthy lifestyle in order to nip diabetes in the cradle.