by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 4, 2023
(HY-per-gly-SEE-mee-ah): a swing to a high level of glucose in the blood after a low level. See Somogyi effect.
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 4, 2023
in diabetes, the ongoing process of managing diabetes. Includes meal planning, planned physical activity, blood glucose monitoring, taking diabetes medicines, handling episodes of illness and of low and high blood glucose, managing diabetes when traveling, and more....
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 4, 2023
(suh-MOH-jee): when the blood glucose level swings high following hypoglycemia. The Somogyi effect may follow an untreated hypoglycemic episode during the night and is caused by the release of stress hormones.
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(THIGH-uh-ZOH-lih-deen-DYE-own): a class of oral medicine for type 2 diabetes that helps insulin take glucose from the blood into the cells for energy by making cells more sensitive to insulin. (Generic names: pioglitazone and rosiglitazone.)
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(try-GLISS-er-ide): the storage form of fat in the body. High triglyceride levels may occur when diabetes is out of control.
