Hypoglycemia is a medical term for blood sugars that are running too low, which means below 70 mg. When this happens, a person may feel:
1. Weak
2. Confused
3. Sweaty
4. Very hungry
5. Have trouble speaking or making sense
6. Have feelings of panic or anxiety
7. Anger and agitation
Normalized blood sugars are usually between 70 mg and up to no more than 130. So a reading below 70 mg is considered as hypoglycemia. Some diabetic people may feel low at a higher number since they are used to running on extremely high blood sugars, and then going down to normal readings may make them feel too low until their body adjusts to better readings.
For diabetics, it is important to have an exact understanding of the medications and insulins they are taking daily. A person with diabetes should ALWAYS carry the following along with their glucose meter at all times:
1. Glucose tablets or sweet tarts
2. Glucagon for severe reactions (an injectable that someone must know how to give you in an emergency)
3. Hard candy
4. Soft drinks that have sugar which will raise sugars fast.
Alcoholic beverages should be used with care by those who are taking oral medications and/or insulins for diabetes. Alcohol could lower the blood sugar dangerously.
If you are diabetic and in doubt about your blood sugar level, you need to test it and not guess your readings. Guessing your blood sugar readings is NOT an accurate thing to do, and therefore, can put you in danger not realizing you are very low. Some people have hypoglycemic unawareness when they are diabetic, and don't realize how close they may be in having to seek emergency help. So it is better to be safe then sorry, and test your blood glucose when uncertain.
When a diabetic person struggles with nighttime hypoglycemia, it is always best to keep some high sugar source right there. But that doesn't always work while the person is sleeping. Continuous glucose monitoring is best for people with this problem that poses a threat to putting them into insulin shock. Many of the continuous glucose monitors have an alarm which will sound very loudly in order to wake a person to care for the reaction quickly before a medical emergency arises. The alarm will keep going and not shut off until the person is awake enough to help themselves. This is a real asset to many people experiencing this problem.
Low blood sugar can happen to people that don't have diabetes. But most frequently, it can very easily happen to diabetic people who are on either pills, insulin injections, or both.
The two types of hypoglycemia in a non-diabetic person are:
Reactive hypoglycemia. This type of hypoglycemia happens after eating a meal, usually in a time period of up to 4 hours.
Fasting Hypoglycemia is low blood sugar that happens after sleeping and is caused by some other medical condition not diabetic related.
Symptoms for both of these types are as I mentioned above.
A person that has hypoglycemia but no diabetes may have various types of stomach issues where in which enzyme deficiencies may be the underlying cause.
Various types of medicines may be the cause for a non-diabetic experiencing hypoglycemia. Quinine pills, aspirins in large amounts, and sulfa drugs may initiate hypoglycemic reactions in some people.
Treating low blood sugars in people without diabetes involve eating at the right times and the right balanced diet. Exercising helps along with eating something small every few hours.
1. Weak
2. Confused
3. Sweaty
4. Very hungry
5. Have trouble speaking or making sense
6. Have feelings of panic or anxiety
7. Anger and agitation
Normalized blood sugars are usually between 70 mg and up to no more than 130. So a reading below 70 mg is considered as hypoglycemia. Some diabetic people may feel low at a higher number since they are used to running on extremely high blood sugars, and then going down to normal readings may make them feel too low until their body adjusts to better readings.
For diabetics, it is important to have an exact understanding of the medications and insulins they are taking daily. A person with diabetes should ALWAYS carry the following along with their glucose meter at all times:
1. Glucose tablets or sweet tarts
2. Glucagon for severe reactions (an injectable that someone must know how to give you in an emergency)
3. Hard candy
4. Soft drinks that have sugar which will raise sugars fast.
Alcoholic beverages should be used with care by those who are taking oral medications and/or insulins for diabetes. Alcohol could lower the blood sugar dangerously.
If you are diabetic and in doubt about your blood sugar level, you need to test it and not guess your readings. Guessing your blood sugar readings is NOT an accurate thing to do, and therefore, can put you in danger not realizing you are very low. Some people have hypoglycemic unawareness when they are diabetic, and don't realize how close they may be in having to seek emergency help. So it is better to be safe then sorry, and test your blood glucose when uncertain.
When a diabetic person struggles with nighttime hypoglycemia, it is always best to keep some high sugar source right there. But that doesn't always work while the person is sleeping. Continuous glucose monitoring is best for people with this problem that poses a threat to putting them into insulin shock. Many of the continuous glucose monitors have an alarm which will sound very loudly in order to wake a person to care for the reaction quickly before a medical emergency arises. The alarm will keep going and not shut off until the person is awake enough to help themselves. This is a real asset to many people experiencing this problem.
Low blood sugar can happen to people that don't have diabetes. But most frequently, it can very easily happen to diabetic people who are on either pills, insulin injections, or both.
The two types of hypoglycemia in a non-diabetic person are:
Reactive hypoglycemia. This type of hypoglycemia happens after eating a meal, usually in a time period of up to 4 hours.
Fasting Hypoglycemia is low blood sugar that happens after sleeping and is caused by some other medical condition not diabetic related.
Symptoms for both of these types are as I mentioned above.
A person that has hypoglycemia but no diabetes may have various types of stomach issues where in which enzyme deficiencies may be the underlying cause.
Various types of medicines may be the cause for a non-diabetic experiencing hypoglycemia. Quinine pills, aspirins in large amounts, and sulfa drugs may initiate hypoglycemic reactions in some people.
Treating low blood sugars in people without diabetes involve eating at the right times and the right balanced diet. Exercising helps along with eating something small every few hours.
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