What Causes Blood Sugar Levels to Be Out of Control?
Managing diabetes is like a three-way balancing act between the medications you take (insulin or pills), the food that you eat, and the amount of exercise you do. All of these need to be balanced. A problem with any one can send blood sugar levels up too high or down too low. In general, out-of-control blood glucose levels can be caused by: • not taking diabetes medicines when you’re supposed to • not following the meal plan (like eating too much or not enough food without adjusting diabetes medicines) • not getting regular exercise or not making changes to your diabetes treatment plan when you exercise more or less than usual • being sick or having too much stress • not checking blood sugar levels often enough Checking your blood sugar levels regularly and taking good notes when your glucose levels are too high or too low will help give you and your diabetes team the information needed to make adjustments to your diabetes management plan. You and your mom or dad can work together on m
