Blood sugar

Blood sugar + insulin resistance

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How your body handles glucose and responds to insulin. It's a big part of metabolic health and closely tied to PCOS. Insulin resistance and prediabetes usually have no obvious symptoms, so they're often first picked up on a blood test.

You might notice

often no obvious signs at first
a 'borderline' or prediabetes result on a blood test
dark, velvety patches of skin in body folds like the neck or underarms
hearing insulin resistance mentioned as part of a PCOS diagnosis

Who can help

Start with a doctor who will test and look at the whole picture, like an integrative MD or a naturopathic doctor.

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Where it can overlap

PCOS / PMOS
Blood sugar can overlap with PCOS / PMOS. Established
Skin changes
Blood sugar can show up as skin changes. Established

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B12 deficiency
Blood sugar can overlap with B12 deficiency. Established
Bladder symptoms
Blood sugar can overlap with bladder symptoms. Associated
Inflammation
Blood sugar can overlap with inflammation. Associated
Recurrent UTIs
Blood sugar can overlap with recurrent UTIs. Associated
Sleep changes
Blood sugar can show up alongside sleep changes. Associated
Acne
Blood sugar can overlap with acne. Emerging
Hormonal acne
Blood sugar can overlap with hormonal acne. Emerging
Fatigue
Blood sugar is often explored alongside fatigue. Woo exploration

Established: well documented · Associated: linked, not a cause · Emerging: early research · Woo exploration: worth exploring, not yet sourced. A link isn't a cause.

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Everything on this page was researched from clinical guidance, government health sources and published reviews first, then single studies. Where a connection is only worth exploring, it says so.

A note from Woo: Body Map is here to help you explore and ask better questions. It isn't a diagnostic tool or a substitute for medical care. Relationships shown here represent areas that may be associated or worth exploring, not a diagnosis or statement of cause.

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