Does Hypoglycemia or Hyperglycemia cause Diabetes please help!?
Lala, Let me see if I can help you understand what hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia mean. The word “hyperglycemia” simply means an elevation in blood glucose, while the word “hypoglycemia” is the exact opposite, meaning a below normal level of glucose in the blood. NEITHER causes anything, they are merely terms to describe the relative level of glucose compared to the normal. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas and empties into the circulating blood, its job is to deliver circulating glucose to the body’s cells and transport the glucose into the cells where it is used. However, since diabetics have either an insuffcient level or no production of insulin at all by the pancreas, the glucose keeps circulating in the blood, causing an elevated blood sugar or HYPERglycemia..
