11 High Blood Sugar Signs and Symptoms to Watch Out For

There are a lot of people complaining about having low blood sugar. Probably, some of us have experienced it also in some phase of our lives. It is also an issue that it can cause a large variety of symptoms (and this includes making you feel like crap) and, in case it becomes a regular thing it may be a sign of a serious health issue. High blood sugar on the opposite, is also something that people fear a lot.

High blood sugar—hyperglycemia—happens when the level of glucose (i.e. sugar) in your blood elevates.

We ingest the glucose from the food we eat, and most of the foods we ingest can have an impact to our blood sugar in one way or another, as the certified dietitian-nutritionist Lisa Moskovitz, R.D., CEO of NY Nutrition Group. All this includes foods that are very high in carbohydrates and sugar but still lower in fat and fiber, as for example baked goods, white – flour breads, soda, as well as candy – she adds. “This is as well the case with foods high in added sugar, which include desserts, sweetened yogurts, candy, ice cream, certain breakfast cereals, granola bars and many sugar-sweetened beverages”, Alissa Rumsey, M.S.,R.D., a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, tells to SELF.

But, luckily, the high blood sugar is not something most of us have to be worried about. “Human bodies are much resilient to controlling blood sugar levels, especially when high,” Deena Adimoolam, M.D., assistant professor of endocrinology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. It is normal that when you eat something sugary or something that is carb-filled, the pancreas makes insulin, which is a hormone that your body will need in order to produce glucose. All glucose that is left is stored in your liver in order to make sure that it is not hanging around in your blood.

Dr. Adimoolam says that this system works pretty well in the non-diabetic healthy adults. “All normal people who have no problem with their ability to control blood glucose shall never become overly hyperglycemic,” she adds. In case you have developed insulin resistance or have diabetes, the body will not be as great at producing the insulin necessary to process glucose, which in turn means you will be more at risk for having blood glucose levels that can be dangerously high.

Some of the early signs of high blood sugar include:

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