Managing your blood glucose means preventing symptoms. SYMPTOMS of hyperglycaemia, high blood sugar, in people with diabetes tend to develop slowly over a few days or weeks. A blood test called the glycosylated hemoglobin test (HbA1c, or just A1c) can show how well it’s been going over the past 8 to 12 weeks.
Hyper is also a holdover from the Greeks, from the Greek word huper, which translates as over or above. If you regularly have high blood sugar levels while you’re pregnant (and especially in the 24 hours before delivery), your baby may get dangerously low blood sugar right after (...)