5 in-depth guides on symptoms, levels, causes and management. Each one is written to answer a single question properly, and reviewed against current clinical guidance.
Hyperglycemia rarely announces itself. It shows up as thirst you keep topping up, an afternoon that flattens you, and vision that blurs for a week. Here are the 12 signs worth knowing.
One number rarely means much on its own. Here is what normal looks like fasting, two hours after eating and on an A1c test — and where the thresholds for prediabetes and diabetes actually sit.
Some things move glucose within the hour. Others take months but change the baseline. Here's what the evidence supports for each, and the point where self-management stops and medical help starts.
Food is the obvious answer and often the wrong one. Stress, a short night, a chest infection, a steroid injection and your own liver at 4am all raise glucose too.
Thirst, fatigue and blurred vision look the same in everyone. What differs is the sex-specific signs around them — and how long each group typically waits before anyone runs a test.