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Hyperglycemia, hyperglycaemia, or high blood sugar is a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood plasma. The origin of the term is Greek, meaning excessive; -glyc-, meaning sweet; and -emia, meaning "of the blood". Chronic hyperglycemia that persists even in fasting states is most commonly caused by diabetes mellitus, and in fact chronic hyperglycemia is the defining characteristic of the disease. Acute episodes of hyperglycemia...


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I recently found out I have hyperglycemia and bought a home glucose monitering kit. My...

the numbers you gave are fine for the mmol reading... it translates that blood sugar levels are between about 90 and 175. The 5.8 and 6.8 readings are within...

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Can you have hyperglycemia without having diabetes?
I went to an internal medicine doctor, who found out that I am slightly anemic...

yes, i was reactive hypo- glycemic, and was told i didn't have diabetes, but needed to lose weight, because diabetes would be the next step. (hypo= low blood sugar, hyper=...

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    In BC the treatment is fluid replacement, assuming their only problem is hyperglycemia with insulin most likely. Hyperglycemia is very rarely a life threatening event.What...

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    about CFRD Without Fasting Hyperglycemia or some other kind of abnormal gulcose tolerance. Would you to see if it cultures anything else. My understanding of "CFRD W/O Fasting Hyperglycemia...

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    was under watch and "supposedly" tests were ran saying he was hyperglycemia. He was medically dropped My brother joined the Army 6-months ago, and finished basic, and Airborne School and was started...

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  • What is hyperglycemia?

    This is when your blood sugar level goes too high. A non-diabetic's blood sugar level will rarely go much above 140 mg/dL. The defining characteristic of diabetes is that one's blood sugar may easily go...

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