How Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia Can Hurt Your Health

Having diabetes is all about maintaining a healthy blood sugar level."There's a happy range of blood sugar that our body likes, and having it too high or too low affects us," says Cindy Cooke, a family nurse practitioner in Huntsville, Alabama, and president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.Hypoglycemia, another term for low blood sugar, is when your blood sugar dips below 70 milligrams per deciliter, according to the American Diabetes Association.