Blood Glucose level

Normal Blood Sugars

• •  A normal fasting (no food for eight hours) blood sugar level is between 70 and 99 mg/dL

•         A normal blood sugar level two hours after eating is less than 140 mg/dL

      

Recommended target blood glucose level ranges

Target level  by type	Before meals	2 hours after meals
Non – Diabetic	4.0 to 5.0 mmol/ L	Under 7.8 mmol/ L
Type 2 diabetes	4 to 7 mmol/L	Under 8.5 mmol/ L
Type 1 diabetes	4 to  7 mmol/L	Under  9 mmol/L
Children w/ type 1 diabetes	4 to 8 mmol/L	Under 10 mmol/ L

Blood Glucose level

High blood sugar

If blood sugar levels remain too high the body suppresses appetite over the short term. Long-term hyperglycemia causes many of the long-term health problems including heart disease, eye, kidney, and nerve damage.

Low blood sugar

If blood sugar levels drop too low, a potentially fatal condition called hypoglycemia develops. Symptoms may include lethargy, impaired mental functioning; irritability; shaking, twitching, weakness in arm and leg muscles; pale complexion; sweating; paranoid or aggressive mentality and loss of consciousness.

Degree of control of diabetes:-

Status	Degree of control
	Good	Fair	Poor
		Blood glucose in          mg/dl
Fasting	<110	110-130	>130
2 hours after meal	<130	130-150	>150