10 Warning Signs of Sugar Overload You Need to Know

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

8. Blurred Vision

A dehydration effect due to high blood sugar can also cause blurred vision and may affect the cells of the eye. This leads the eye to lose its ability to focus properly.

The lens of the eye is a flexible membrane held by muscles, which adjust the shape of the lens in order to focus the eye. So in a high-sugar environment, the lens’s ability to concentrate is disturbed. Even though the lens is not damaged, the eye muscles have to work harder to focus.

In most cases, blurred vision occurs when there is a rapid change in blood sugar, whether from high to low or low to high, and the eye muscles haven’t yet adapted to it. This is one of the early alarming signs of type 2 diabetes. However, your body adapts to the sugar levels later and your vision will go back to normal.

9. Slow Healing of Cuts and Wounds

Slow healing of cuts and wounds occurs due to high blood sugar levels that caused vascular damage. This leads to a poor blood circulation, particularly in limbs, and damaged tissues due to decreased nutritional health.

High blood sugar levels can significantly slow the healing process of skin and soft-tissue infections, leading to some of the worst diabetes complications, such as severe infections which cause tissue damage that leads to amputation.

10. Irritability

People with high blood sugar tend to be more irritable and anxious, and are prone to depression, according to studies found around the best health pages. In fact, your brain needs a balanced supply of glucose, so sharp spikes on its level can negatively affect its performance. This leads to sudden worse mood changes.

Sugar can also affect the absorption of chromium, another nutrient responsible for your mood and is essential for maintaining a stable level of blood sugar. Moreover, insulin cannot work properly without chromium, which means it won’t be able to clean glucose from the blood.