Which gland controls blood glucose levels?
The large gland behind the stomach called the pancreas controls blood sugar levels and produces insulin and glucagon and other hormones.
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
Regular high blood glucose levels can damage nerves, kidneys and eyes.
It takes few years or upto 1 year to develop type1 diabetes
Apart from the blood glucose test if your child is experiencing extreme hunger, shakiness and sweats that means your child has juvenile diabetes and hypoglycemia (very low blood glucose levels).
If your insulin level falls too low overnight, your blood glucose rises. The reasons for the drop in insulin vary from person to person, but it most commonly occurs when your insulin secretion provide too little basal back up hence the glucose levels shoots up.
It means you fall under the category prediabetes
RBS, RBG, Random Blood Sugar
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