How to control high fasting blood sugar in the morning

Generally speaking, the blood sugar level is normal two hours after dinner, but when you wake up in the morning it is actually higher than the night before. Many friends do not understand the principle and cannot accept it. Many patients, and even some inexperienced doctors, think that the dosage of insulin or hypoglycemic drugs is insufficient. Increasing the dosage of hypoglycemic drugs without analysis may result in high fasting blood sugar and even dangerous results.

If the blood sugar level is a little high, you should also control the intake of sugars and foods, such as cookies, cakes, drinks, chocolate, and high-sugar fruits. And you must strictly control your dietary intake. It is recommended to eat cooked rice and flour as well as a moderate amount of whole grains.

For patients with impaired fasting blood sugar regulation, whose elevated fasting blood sugar is caused by insulin resistance, the more common cause is obesity, especially abdominal obesity, followed by lack of exercise and excessive energy intake.

High fasting blood sugar in the morning requires investigation of the cause and medication treatment:

1. Patients with diabetes who are newly diagnosed have high fasting blood sugar and need to take metformin, glipizide tablets or inject insulin for treatment.

2. Dawn phenomenon, excellent control at night, no hypoglycemia reaction, only blood sugar rises in a short period of time at dawn, it is necessary to increase the dosage of metformin or long-acting insulin before dinner.

3. Su Mujie said that nocturnal hypoglycemia causes the body's glargine insulin to antagonize the increased metabolism of growth hormone, resulting in rebound hyperglycemia, and it is necessary to reduce the amount of hypoglycemic drugs used in dinner.

If you are obese, you should also control the intake of foods containing cholesterol, such as animal offal, crab meat, fish roe and so on. Persisting in moderate outdoor activities is also helpful in lowering blood sugar.