celast
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How long does glucose levels have to be too high for it to do harm ie: like complications etc, does it have to high for days or weeks on end or just odd days ???
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Still not had this explained
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Months and years is my guess.
But glucose that is too much in your blood stream will over time cling to your little cells on nerves and blood vessels and make them clogged - like the kitchen sink when you pour fat in them or that bit of honey you may have splilled on the table that makes the tea spoon sticky etc.
The 1 time a year or once every 3 months high blood sugar will probably in itself have a limited effect on your system but as far as I have read, it all accumulates, and some people are just more prone to getting a certain kind of trouble sooner than others.
The best advice is probably to keep your sugars as low as you can when you think about your options.
It sort of accumulates with the rest of your risk factors to make your quality of life worse - weight, fat in your blood, blood pressure.
I think normally eyes get worse faster than for instance nerve supply to your legs - however, even a small increase in blood sugar over all will make you more likely to have fungal infections and will make any wounds heal slower.
Is that enough info or do you want me to try and dig out a scientific report?
But glucose that is too much in your blood stream will over time cling to your little cells on nerves and blood vessels and make them clogged - like the kitchen sink when you pour fat in them or that bit of honey you may have splilled on the table that makes the tea spoon sticky etc.
The 1 time a year or once every 3 months high blood sugar will probably in itself have a limited effect on your system but as far as I have read, it all accumulates, and some people are just more prone to getting a certain kind of trouble sooner than others.
The best advice is probably to keep your sugars as low as you can when you think about your options.
It sort of accumulates with the rest of your risk factors to make your quality of life worse - weight, fat in your blood, blood pressure.
I think normally eyes get worse faster than for instance nerve supply to your legs - however, even a small increase in blood sugar over all will make you more likely to have fungal infections and will make any wounds heal slower.
Is that enough info or do you want me to try and dig out a scientific report?
It's one of those "how long is a piece of string" questions.
No one really knows, and it will, like most things in diabetes, vary from person to person.
Some experts are of the opinion that even short term spikes are damaging,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1880 ... dinalpos=1
So it's best to try and keep the peaks in BG to some level, I aim for not more than 7 mmol but sometimes I fail. Maybe over 8 or 9 is not good. How long is that piece of string?
H
No one really knows, and it will, like most things in diabetes, vary from person to person.
Some experts are of the opinion that even short term spikes are damaging,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1880 ... dinalpos=1
So it's best to try and keep the peaks in BG to some level, I aim for not more than 7 mmol but sometimes I fail. Maybe over 8 or 9 is not good. How long is that piece of string?
H
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your question is easy to ask, but not easy to answer. Essentially, no-one knows. It's probably individual anyway 
Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole went blind in a fairly short time after diagnosis [I can't remember the details] Most T2s are already showing signs of complications when diagnosed
I have decided to hedge my bets and keep LOW.
Hana
Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole went blind in a fairly short time after diagnosis [I can't remember the details] Most T2s are already showing signs of complications when diagnosed
I have decided to hedge my bets and keep LOW.
Hana
