Hypoglycemia is a condition where by the blood sugar levels are too low. This condition occurs in a a number of diabetic people when their bodies do not have enough glucose to use as energy.
Hypoglycemia occurs, as a result of taking too much of insulin, eating less, exercising more than normal or skipping meal.
Some of the symptoms of hypoglycemia include:
- A pale face
- Headache
- Trembling hands
- Blurred visiom
- Dizziness
- Hunger
- Unexplained fatigue
- Rapid heart beat
- Irritability or anxiety.
Often times, people going into Hypoglycemia are aware of it and could help themselves out by eating a high carbohydrate food or take a drink high in sugar. However, Hypoglycemia can be more dangerous dangerous if you sleep into it. It could lead to coma, seizure and on some rarely death.
The key to treating hypoglycemia is to eat something rich in carbohydrate such as a bottle of coke, cookies, fruits juice, etc
It is important as a diabetic patient to always carry out a random blood sugar test; that is checking your blood sugar levels two hours after meal (Dinner) and before bed time, to avoid going into Hypoglycemia in your sleep, it could lead to having nightmare. It is also important as a diabetic patient to always keep a bottle of drink around you, for a quick treatment if you ever fall into hypoglycemia.
The normal reading for a non-diabetic person= below 5.7
For a diabetic patient, when the sugar below 70mg\dl= 3.8, it should be acted upon as quick as possible.
