Hyperglycaemia

 

 

Sometimes our blood glucose goes too high. This is called hyperglycaemia (pronounced high-per-gly-see-me-a) or hyper for short. Don't worry if you get some hypers too, we all do sometimes.

 

 

 

What is a hyper?

 A hyper is when your blood glucose goes high - over 10mmol/l - and stays high. That might be because:

• You didn't take your insulin or you didn't take enough insulin
• You ate too much sugary or starchy food
• You ate too much when you were treating a hypo
• You are poorly with something like a nasty cold or tonsillitis.

 

What are the signs of a hyper?

• feeling tired
• feeling thirsty
• needing to wee a lot
• headaches
• tummy aches. 

 

Find out more about handling hypers