Hypoglycemia

How to Deal With Hypoglycemia

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Whether you’ve always had it or it’s something you recently discovered you have, hypoglycemia is often a pain for you to deal with controlling on a daily basis. A health condition involving an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood, ... more »

How to Identify Hypoglycemia

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Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, occurs in 90 percent of insulin-dependent diabetics. Hypoglycemia is not something that most of the rest of us have to worry about. However, if you are experiencing certain unexplainable symptoms, talk to your ... more »

How to Know if You Have Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels)

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Hypoglycemia is a syndrome with a wide variety of causes. In this condition, low blood glucose concentrations lead to a constellation of signs and symptoms that I will be discussing in this article. This article will also enumerate the laboratory ... more »

How to Test for Hypoglycemia

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Hypoglycemia, outside of that caused by diabetes, is hard to diagnose, since it may masquerade as a number of different illnesses. However, there are ways to test specifically for hypoglycemia. Many doctors do not consider low blood sugar a ... more »

How to Treat Insulin Shock

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Insulin shock, also known as hypoglycemia, occurs when a diabetic either takes too much insulin, doesn't eat frequently enough, or doesn't eat sufficient amounts of sugar... more »

How to Change Your Diet if You Have Hypoglycemia

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Severe hypoglycemia - usually caused by taking too much insulin - can develop in a matter of minutes and be life-threatening. While food-stimulated hypoglycemia isn't common, eating a diet that maintains a healthy level of circulating blood sugar ... more »

How to Treat Hypoglycemia

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Low blood sugar can be life-threatening if the sugar level drops below 50 mg/dl. Taking too much insulin can cause this condition. If you are diabetic, your doctor will give you clear instructions on what to do if you become hypoglycemic... more »

How to Control Hypoglycemia With Diet

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Hypoglycemia is a condition where the blood sugar, or glucose, level in the blood is lower than normal. The condition is common in people with diabetes, but can also occur in people who are not diabetic. Symptoms include nausea, rapid heart beat, ... more »

How to Administer a Glucagon Injection

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When a diabetic has a hypoglycemic episode (a sudden drop in blood sugar), time is of the essence. If the person is conscious, give her glucose tablets, a sugar soft drink or something else with sugar and then call for emergency service. If the ... more »

How to Avoid Hypoglycemia

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Your body can tolerate low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, for short periods of time. But since every cell in your body is fueled by blood sugar, chronic hypoglycemia will cause your health to deteriorate. To prevent:.. more »

How to Diagnose Hypoglycemia

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The symptoms of hypoglycemia are hard to trace, because they are not unique. Any number of conditions including infections and glandular secretion imbalance also show up with dizziness, trembling, and other symptoms common to hypoglycemia. ... more »

How to Monitor Blood Sugar Levels

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Your doctor has diagnosed you as hypoglycemic. You're following the diet, eating small meals, and engaging in regular physical activity. How do you know if your efforts are working? Monitoring blood sugar levels can be done by your doctor's lab ... more »

How to Control Hypoglycemia With a Low-Carbohydrate Diet

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Hypoglycemia literally means "under-sweet blood" and is used to refer to a pathologic state of low blood sugar. It is a general description and does not have a specific definition. Hypoglycemia is usually the result of treating diabetes with ... more »

How to Create a Sick Day Diabetic Box

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Whether you are type 1 or type 2 diabetic you need to have a sick day care box on hand for those times when you are not up to par. Creating a sick day box is easy as long as you remember to check the expiration dates of supplies and medicines in ... more »

How to Discover the Possible Cause of Your Hypoglycemia

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Hypoglycemia, or abnormally low blood sugar, has many symptoms and almost as many causes. Discovering the cause of your hypoglycemia is an important part of treating it, especially if changes in diet don't seem to be working. A little research ... more »

How to Keep Your Blood Sugar Steady

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If you're sensitive to changes in your blood sugar, eating the wrong foods will leave you feeling weak and shaky. Here's how to eat so that you avoid the spikes and crashes... more »

How to Manage Hypoglycemia

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The symptoms of hypoglycemia can come on suddenly: dizziness, sweating, pounding heart and others. If you experience these symptoms, you know that your blood sugar has taken a nosedive. If your hypoglycemia is not due to a disease or a glandular ... more »

How to Prevent a Hypoglycemic Episode

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Hypoglycemic episodes occur when the blood sugar level is too low. An episode may include dizziness, disorientation, even fainting or seizures. To prevent a hypoglycemic episode, it is important that blood glucose be kept level. Moderation and ... more »

How to Recognize the Symptoms of Hypoglycemia

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It may seem hard to miss the symptoms of hypoglycemia. But if you are very busy, very stressed, have had the condition for a long time or have a change in symptoms, you could ignore them until they reach a dangerous point. If you stay conscious ... more »

How to Use Acupuncture to Treat Hypoglycemia

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Hypoglycemia can be caused by any number of problems or disorders, and stress makes just about any condition worse. Often symptoms and pain, especially those caused by stress, can be relieved through acupuncture. Acupuncture is recognized as a ... more »

How to Use Glucose Tablets

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After glucose has been metabolized, hypoglycemics may experience weakness and dizziness. Diabetics also suffer similar drops in blood sugar levels. Glucose tablets can supply the necessary energy for the body quickly... more »

How to Use Herbs to Treat Hypoglycemia

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Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, has many causes: as a side effect of diabetes, a genetic predisposition or just forgetting to eat. There are also a number of ways to treat the disorder. As a natural option, the right balance of healing herbs ... more »

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