Normal sugar levels are 100 mg/dL when fasting and 140 mg/dL 2 hours after eating. To find out more information about blood glucose I suggest you go to WebMD.com website.
Everyone with diabetes should check their glucose levels regularly. Using a blood glucose monitor to do SMBG testing can help control your blood sugar levels. and try to stay healthy.
Glucagon is the hormone that raises blood glucose levels.
No. Glucose is a type of sugar and should not be taken if blood sugar is too high. This would only serve the increase blood glucose levels.
Glucagon is catabolic and increases blood glucose levels, insulin is anabolic decreases blood glucose levels.
Cortisol release can increase blood glucose levels.
Glucagon increases blood glucose levels.
Yes, glycogenolysis is the breakdown of glycogen into glucose, which can increase blood glucose levels.
Your mother does need to get a special machine to monitor her blood glucose levels. American Diabetes association should give you some more helpful information.
When blood glucose levels rise, the pancreas secretes insulin, which helps cells take up glucose from the blood, lowering blood glucose levels. When blood glucose levels are low, the pancreas secretes glucagon, which stimulates the liver to release stored glucose into the bloodstream, raising blood glucose levels back to normal.
The only hormone that can lower blood glucose levels is insulin.
One can find blood glucose levels online at the website; Diabetes.org. There are plenty of other websites to help one out to find blood glucose levels.
There are two hormones that regulate blood glucose levels. One is insulin. This horemone "carries" glucose into the cell. No glucose and the cell starves and the glucose levels get higher in the blood. The second hormone takes glucose out of liver storage and increases the glucose in the blood. These two are a feedback mechanism that keeps the levels in a normal range.