Normal Blood Sugar Levels – Are Yours Normal?
The importance of normal blood sugar levels is related to trying to prevent the complications of diabetes. If your blood sugar level is not within the ideal or normal blood glucose range you can begin to experience short-term and long-term problems. Normal blood glucose levels may not be normal for you if you have had high blood sugar for a long period of time. High blood sugar or hyperglycemia may go undetected especially if it rises gradually, because you do not notice the symptoms. Or, if you do notice them, you may attribute them to something else. Some people are not diagnosed with diabetes until they are hospitalized for one reason or another. That reason may be a heart attack or stroke and often is. One reason for this is long-term problems associated with hyperglycemia include heart disease and stroke (as well as blindness, kidney disease, impotence, nerve disease and loss of limbs). So, you can see that bringing your blood glucose levels down to normal, if they have been eleva
