What is chronic hyperglycemia?

Chronic hyperglycemia at levels more than slightly above normal can produce serious complications and prediabetes, a state that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes.

How do members experience chronic hyperglycemia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with chronic hyperglycemia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for chronic hyperglycemia*

Who has chronic hyperglycemia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 8
40s 15
50s 28
60s 29
70+ 26

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 40
Female 66

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What is chronic hyperglycemia?

Chronic hyperglycemia at levels more than slightly above normal can produce serious complications and prediabetes, a state that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes.



Common symptoms reported by people with chronic hyperglycemia

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for chronic hyperglycemia

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Compare treatments taken by people with chronic hyperglycemia

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have chronic hyperglycemia through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with chronic hyperglycemia? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has chronic hyperglycemia on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 39 say chronic hyperglycemia is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 8
40s 15
50s 28
60s 29
70+ 26
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 4
20-29 years 4
30-39 years 4
40-49 years 9
50-59 years 3
60-69 years 3
70+ years 1

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 40
Female 66

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 51
Not Diagnosed 14

These charts show data from chronic hyperglycemia patients who have completed their condition history
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