4 symptoms appear during sleep, indicating that blood sugar is rising, and it is imminent to prevent blood sugar from 'out of control'
Diabetes has become a common disease in modern times. In China, as of 2017, the number of people with diabetes has reached 114 million, ranking first in the world. Due to the relatively large number of patients, diabetes has the characteristics of low awareness rate, low treatment rate, low treatment compliance rate, and high complications. Moreover, diabetics are not ideal in terms of weight control and blood pressure control.
The control of weight and blood pressure has a positive effect on the control of diabetes. However, 58% of the patients were overweight, and 72% had substandard blood pressure control. The higher the patient's BMI (weight (kg) ÷ height squared (m)) index, the lower the blood sugar and blood pressure compliance rates.
Diabetes can bring a series of complications, especially cardiovascular and renal complications, which are very serious in Chinese diabetic patients.
The normal blood sugar value is 3.89--6.1. If the fasting blood sugar exceeds 7.0 twice in a row, or the blood sugar exceeds 11.1 2 hours after a meal, it can be diagnosed as diabetes. In addition to going to a regular hospital for blood sugar measurement, you should also pay attention to some reactions to elevated blood sugar in your daily life.
The pathogenesis of diabetes is very complex, and sleep is also closely related. Extensive research has confirmed that long-term lack of sleep is an important factor in causing diabetes. When staying up late and lack of sleep, the nerves continue to be excited, which increases cortisol and adrenaline, which leads to disorders of the body's glucose metabolism and induces diabetes over time.
And some symptoms that appear during sleep can also indicate that our blood sugar is abnormal or too high.
Symptom 1. Itching all over while sleeping
There are many causes of itchy skin, including high blood sugar levels.
High blood sugar in the body can stimulate the microvessels on the surface of the skin, causing itching and rashes. Too much sugar in the body will cause dehydration in the cells. In addition, the sweating of diabetic patients decreases, the skin is often in a state of chronic dehydration, and the skin will be dry and itchy. In addition, diabetes can cause peripheral neuropathy, which can lead to various skin problems including itching, spots, rashes, ringworm, etc.
In addition, due to the decreased resistance of diabetic patients, the skin's resistance to various bacteria is reduced, and it is more prone to itching problems.
The itching caused by diabetes is often systemic and is often accompanied by numbness in the hands and feet.
★In the face of itching, you must stop itching in time, but do not use ointments containing hormones, and do not scratch with your hands desperately, so as to avoid skin damage and infection. It is necessary to use antipruritic drugs under the guidance of a doctor, and supplement vitamin B1, B12, etc., which can provide nutrition to the nerves.
Symptoms 2. Difficulty falling asleep, insomnia
Lack of sleep can lead to diabetes, which in turn can lead to insomnia. Long-term abnormal blood sugar, hypoglycemia at night, can cause night sweats, palpitations, nightmares, seriously affect the quality of sleep, and lead to sleep disorders. High blood sugar can also induce gastroparesis, bloating, indigestion, and affect sleep. Itchy skin can also make it difficult to fall asleep.
If these symptoms occur, consider hyperglycemia in addition to other factors.
★It is best to go to the hospital for a checkup. At the same time, adjust your work and rest time, go to bed early and get up early, reduce nap time at noon, and eat easily digestible food such as millet porridge for dinner. Soak your feet in warm water before bed to promote sleep.
Symptom 3. Very easy to feel hungry
Poor control of blood sugar, abnormal metabolism, and difficulty in using blood sugar effectively, it is easy to feel hungry if it is directly excreted from the urine. Even after eating enough supper, when it's time to go to bed, I feel hungry and exhausted.
If you find that your food intake suddenly increases for a period of time, especially before going to bed, you are very hungry, but your weight has not changed or even decreased, and you must be alert to diabetes.
★At this time, it is necessary to control as much as possible not to eat, so as not to cause a further increase in blood sugar. It is recommended to eat some whole grains for dinner, which is conducive to maintaining a feeling of fullness for a long time. And eat more vegetables that are low in sugar.
Symptom 4. Increased frequency of getting up at night
The frequency of getting up at night increases, which may be caused by problems with the kidneys, prostate, etc., or it may be caused by diabetes. Too much sugar in the body can cause solute diuresis. Moreover, people with diabetes will eat more than normal people, but there is a problem with sugar metabolism, which will be excreted from the urine. Therefore, when sleeping, you will be woken up by urine frequently, and you have to wake up many times.
★For unprovoked increase in nocturia, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a check in time to see if the blood sugar is abnormal and to rule out the problems of other organs.
For the chronic disease of diabetes, once suffering from it, most patients need to take medicine for life. But early diabetes can be reversed.
Therefore, we must pay enough attention to the possible symptoms of diabetes, seek medical treatment in time, actively adjust life and eating habits, and insist on participating in sports, such as Tai Chi, walking, etc., which have good effects on the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
Usually, mulberry leaves and dandelion can be used to make tea, which has a certain hypoglycemic effect.