dawn phenomenon

-+*” My blood glucose level be fore bed is 5.8. I wake up and its 7.4 …… WHY!!!???!!!???” Like all things about insulin, blood glucose level – diabetes – its not a simple explanation. But lets try and make it understandable in its simplest form (we can get more complex later) Glucose Commonly referred to…

-+*All people have the “dawn phenomenon,” if they have diabetes or not. The dawn phenomenon is a surge of hormones that the body produces daily around 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. People with diabetes don’t have normal insulin responses to adjust for this. They may see their fasting glucose levels go up. The rise in…

-+*Several types of diabetes medication exist today for people with type 2 diabetes. Let’s start with the most common first line treatment Biguanides – metformin. The action of the biguanide type of medication is threefold. Decreasing the amount of glucose produced by the liver. Increasing the amount of glucose absorbed by muscle cells. Decreasing the…