how do i know if my body is producing too much insulin?
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A high blood insulin level causes a low blood sugar level (hypoglycemia). Hypoglycemia may be mild, leading to symptoms such as anxiety and hunger. Or it can be severe, leading to seizures, coma, and even death. Insulinomas are very rare tumors.
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['Increased thirst.', 'Frequent urination.', 'Extreme hunger.', 'Unexplained weight loss.', "Presence of ketones in the urine (ketones are a byproduct of the breakdown of muscle and fat that happens when there's not enough available insulin)", 'Fatigue.', 'Irritability.']
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['taking too much diabetes medicine – especially too much insulin, medicines called sulphonylureas (such as glibenclamide and gliclazide) or medicines called glinides (such as repaglinide and nateglinide)', 'skipping or delaying a meal.']
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If your diabetes isn't well-controlled, your blood sugar levels can spike to unreasonably high levels. This increase in sugar can cause yeast to overgrow, particularly in the vaginal area. Your body may develop a yeast infection in response. Maintaining your blood sugar levels may help reduce your risk of infection.
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Tumors of the pancreas that produce too much insulin are called insulinomas. Insulinomas keep making insulin, and can make your blood sugar drops too low (hypoglycemia). A high blood insulin level causes a low blood sugar level (hypoglycemia). Hypoglycemia may be mild, leading to symptoms such as anxiety and hunger.
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Excess insulin in the bloodstream causes cells in your body to absorb too much glucose (sugar) from your blood. It also causes the liver to release less glucose. These two effects together create dangerously low glucose levels in your blood. This condition is called hypoglycemia.
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Very high blood sugar above 400 mg/dL (22.2 mmol/L) can be a medical emergency. In many cases it must be treated right away with IV fluids and insulin.
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In general, a blood sugar reading of more than 180 mg/dL or any reading above your target range is too high. A blood sugar reading of 300 mg/dL or more can be dangerous. If you have 2 readings in a row of 300 or more, call your doctor.
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If your blood sugar level is too high, you may experience: Increased thirst. Frequent urination. Fatigue.
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Hyperglycemia is the technical term for high blood glucose (blood sugar). High blood sugar happens when the body has too little insulin or when the body can't use insulin properly.
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'Hyperglycemia,' or high fasting blood sugar levels of between 100-150 mg/dL, might indicate pre-diabetes and levels above this range may indicate diabetes. A number of other conditions may cause hyperglycemia too, including: Acromegaly. Pancreatitis.
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['Not using enough insulin or oral diabetes medication.', 'Not injecting insulin properly or using expired insulin.', 'Not following your diabetes eating plan.', 'Being inactive.', 'Having an illness or infection.', 'Using certain medications, such as steroids.']
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Moderate to severe high blood sugar If your blood sugar levels are consistently high (usually above 20 mmol/L in adults and above 14 mmol/L in children), you may have moderate to severe symptoms of high blood sugar. These symptoms include: Blurred vision. Extreme thirst.
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Cold sweats, trembling hands, intense anxiety, a general sense of confusion -- these are signs of low blood sugar. Your doctor may call it hypoglycemia. It often happens when you take too much insulin. Hypoglycemia happens to many people with diabetes.
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['Low blood sugar.', 'Weight gain when you first start using it.', "Lumps or scars where you've had too many insulin injections.", 'Rash at the site of injection or, rarely, over your entire body.']
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Some signs of insulin resistance include: A waistline over 40 inches in men and 35 inches in women. Blood pressure readings of 130/80 or higher. A fasting glucose level over 100 mg/dL.
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Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that allows your body to use sugar (glucose) from carbohydrates in the food that you eat for energy or to store glucose for future use. Insulin helps keeps your blood sugar level from getting too high (hyperglycemia) or too low (hypoglycemia).