Hyperglycemia is a medical term for excessive sugar (glucose) in the blood.
Hyperglycemia is a medical term for excessive sugar (glucose) in the blood.
hypoglycemia. hypo means low , glyc means sugar and emia means in the blood.
It may be due to low intake of sugar or due to high amounts of insulin secreted in body.
-emia is the medical terminology combining form meaning "of the blood." for instance, hypoglycemia is low blood sugar level.
The medical term "hyperglycemia" is the term used to describe an abnormally high glucose (sugar) count in the blood.(Hyper- = increase of; glycerol/glycemic/glucose = sugar; -emia = of or pertaining to the blood.)Additional Information:Hyperglycemia can be a symptom of various conditions such as diabetes mellitus, stress on the body systems after major organ damage (heart attack or stroke), sepsis (systemic reaction to severe infection), pre-diabetes, insulin resistance and it can also be a side effect of the use of some drugs, such as steroids.Hypoglycemia is the opposite, when blood glucose levels are lower than ideal.(Hypo- = under, below, beneath, deficient.)
Prefix, combining form IE: Tox/o means "toxic" and a suffix "ic" in toxic means "pertaining to" this particular word does not contain a prefix. for instance "hyperthyroidism" Prefix "hyper" means excessive or above; the combining form "thyroid/o" means thyroid, typically the O is dropped when a suffix is added which is the "-ism" which means process or condition. This is how you understand that you are reading about a "condition of" an "excessive-more than" of the "thyroid" Hypoglycemia- break it down; Hypo- means deficient or below Glyc/o means sugar -emia means condition of blood therefor Hypo-glyc-emia means condition of low blood sugar
High blood sugar could be a sign to a medical condition, so the best option is to speak to a GP or at least consult a private health doctor via the web.
Only 12.23 grams of sugar per 100 grams of banana, not high unless your medical condition dictates otherwise
'Fasting blood sugar' is not a medical term in itself. It does relate to the fact that when someone is fasting it is very common that their blood sugar levels will drop.
Capillary Blood Sugar
The most common symptoms of low blood sugar are dizziness, shakiness, sweating, hunger and anxiety. The medical term for low blood sugar is hypoglycemia.
Glucosuria and glycosuria are terms for sugar in the urine. Gluco- and Glyco- = sugar -uria= pertaining to urine.