High Blood Glucose Concentration

• What happens when blood glucose concentration is too high?


  -pancreas releases more of the hormone insulin

  -insulin causes glucose to move from the blood into the cells

  -in liver and muscle cells, excess glucose is converted into glycogen for storage
• What happens when blood glucose concentration is too high?

  The pancreas produces insulin, which causes glucose to move from the blood into the cells.
• What happens to excess glucose in liver and muscle cells?


  Excess glucose is converted to glycogen for storage.
• What happens to excess glucose in liver and muscle cells?


  It is converted to glycogen for storage
• Symptoms due to high blood glucose:


  -slow healing

  -blurred vision

  -tiredness

  -urination

  -weightloss
• Symptoms due to high blood glucose:


  -slow healing-slow healing

  -blurred vision

  -tiredness

  -urination

  -weightloss
• What will water in the red blood cells do if there is too much sugar in the blood?


  Water will leave the red blood cells
• How does water leave the red blood cells when blood glucose is too high?

  By osmosis through the cell membrane
• When blood sugar is too high, what happens to the red blood cells when water leaves?


  They shrivel and become unable to carry oxygen