Is it possible for insulin to increase blood glucose levels?
Yes insufficient insulin production will increase blood glucose levels
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
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
Glucagon counteracts and helps regulate your blood glucose levels. Glucagon also triggers your liver to convert stored glucose (glycogen) into a usable form and then release it into your bloodstream
The large gland behind the stomach called the pancreas controls blood sugar levels and produces insulin and glucagon and other hormones.
By checking your blood sugar one will take medicines timely which will treat type1 diabetes
RBS, RBG, Random Blood Sugar
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