You have confused Diabetes with Hyperglycaemia and Hypoglycaemia.
Hyper means too high.
Hypo mean too low.
Glyc means sugar.
Aemia means blood.
(These words are all either Latin, Ancient Greek or both.)
Sugar is one of the 3 sources of fuel that the body uses. It is most easily and quickly utilized fuel which is why athletes drink Gatorade etc. Sugar is carried by the arterial blood to the entire body.
Therefore,
Hyperglycaemia means your blood sugar is too high.
Hypoglycaemia means your blood sugar is too low. This might lead you to faint.
Both hyper and hypoglycaemia are dangerous.
It is important that you have neither of them and that your blood sugar is always constant at a normal level. However, how can this be possible when people fast all night then have a coffee with two sugars, some sugary cereal, and jam on toast for breakfast?
The answer is insulin. This is a hormone made by an organ called the pancreas which sits underneath your stomach. The pancreas releases insulin which regulates the blood sugar levels. Excess sugar is stored away for later. If there isn't enough sugar, your body releases some from storage.
The disease Diabetes (which is short for Diabetes Mellitus) occurs when your pancreas doesn't work properly and doesn't produce enough insulin.
There are two types of diabetes.
Type 1: you are born with. It's genetic. You will need to check your blood sugar levels and inject insulin probably for your entire life.
Type 2: is also called "Adult Onset Diabetes". It is a lifestyle disease which you get from a lifetime of eating a diet too high in sugar. After years of this, your overworked pancreas conks out. Some people with type 2 do not require insulin (this is called Non-Insulin Dependent).
All people with diabetes require a special diet that has a "low glycaemic index".
Can you explain to me why you didn't look this up on wikipedia? If you find Wikipedia too complex, you can use Wikipedia Simple English instead. I encourage you to use that.
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You have confused Diabetes with Hyperglycaemia and Hypoglycaemia.
Hyper means too high.
Hypo mean too low.
Glyc means sugar.
Aemia means blood.
(These words are all either Latin, Ancient Greek or both.)
Sugar is one of the 3 sources of fuel that the body uses. It is most easily and quickly utilized fuel which is why athletes drink Gatorade etc. Sugar is carried by the arterial blood to the entire body.
Therefore,
Hyperglycaemia means your blood sugar is too high.
Hypoglycaemia means your blood sugar is too low. This might lead you to faint.
Both hyper and hypoglycaemia are dangerous.
It is important that you have neither of them and that your blood sugar is always constant at a normal level. However, how can this be possible when people fast all night then have a coffee with two sugars, some sugary cereal, and jam on toast for breakfast?
The answer is insulin. This is a hormone made by an organ called the pancreas which sits underneath your stomach. The pancreas releases insulin which regulates the blood sugar levels. Excess sugar is stored away for later. If there isn't enough sugar, your body releases some from storage.
The disease Diabetes (which is short for Diabetes Mellitus) occurs when your pancreas doesn't work properly and doesn't produce enough insulin.
There are two types of diabetes.
Type 1: you are born with. It's genetic. You will need to check your blood sugar levels and inject insulin probably for your entire life.
Type 2: is also called "Adult Onset Diabetes". It is a lifestyle disease which you get from a lifetime of eating a diet too high in sugar. After years of this, your overworked pancreas conks out. Some people with type 2 do not require insulin (this is called Non-Insulin Dependent).
All people with diabetes require a special diet that has a "low glycaemic index".
Can you explain to me why you didn't look this up on wikipedia? If you find Wikipedia too complex, you can use Wikipedia Simple English instead. I encourage you to use that.