Does type 1 diabetes influence taste?
Yes, people may experience altered taste with type1 diabetes.
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
It stands for plasma glucose post eating a meal.
Type 1 diabetes is a serious condition where your blood glucose (sugar) level is too high because your body cannot make a hormone called insulin.
Regular high blood glucose levels can damage nerves, kidneys and eyes.
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.
When people eat food the food breaks down into sugars which is only stored with the help of insulin. if insulin is not produced adequately then it is stored in the blood stream rising a person's blood glucose levels.
RBS, RBG, Random Blood Sugar
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