Hypoglycemia: Know all about this episode in people with diabetes

Contrary to what many patients with diabetes believe, cold sweating, tremors and dizziness are indications of an adverse effect of medication and, with more precision, are a sign of a hypoglycemia picture.This condition is the opposite of hyperglycemia, or excess blood glucose, characteristic of the diabetic patient.

This is supported by Dr. Viviana Ulloa, endocrinologist and vice president of the Association of Diabetes del Peru (ADIPER), who also warns that “hypoglycemia is dangerous and preventable.There are patients who really believe that when they sweat cold and are trembling or feel dizziness it is because medicine is taking effect.And no, medicine doesn't have to generate that. ”

According to the collaborator of the World Program “Changing Diabetes”, by Novo Nordisk, this decrease in the normal level of blood glucose in a diabetic, between 80 and 130 mg for a deciliter of blood, has as its main cause the incorrect medicationof the patient.This means, administering a dose that is not adequate or a medicine that is not the one for one.

“Sometimes the patient forgets a dose and the next take twice.And that is not so.If he forgot, he forgot.There is less risk that a little glucose to get a lot to get a lot, "says the expert. On the other hand, he states that a serious consequence of hypoglycemia can be the patient's death while sleeping.

“There are patients who do these hypoglycemia pictures at night and are not noticed by the person unless someone is aware.It is known, for example, that asymptomatic night hypoglycemia, that the patient does not note, can cause what in this context is called "bed in bed", that is, the patient dawns lifeless, "says the doctor.

Now, hypoglycemia can be prevented.In that sense, the specialist recommends that “when the doctor indicates a medication for diabetes, you should ask if it exposes it to the risk of hypoglycemia.Also, we prevent these paintings by eating at our hours, using the dose indicated and recognizing these pictures with the help of a glucometer. ”

Finally, before a hypoglycemia picture, Dr. Ulloa advises to quickly consume water with sugar and a meal, such as a sandwich or a fruit.In addition, it reminds all patients with diabetes that “hypoglycemia does not have to be part of the life of the diabetic patient.It is preventable and depends a lot on the control that each one carries on their own disease. ”

"Hypoglycemia does not have to be part of the life of the diabetic patient"
... I go go ... with 6 strips a day ...

@Marcos_J_M, look that you are right when it says: "It does not have to be part of the life of the Diabtco" because if you have the best possible, the food measured and appropriate to the insulin you put on, there are no hypos or hyper!only manifest when we disregard our feeding !!!That is why to "collaborate" we use tigetas or strips (4 or 5 per day) when making decisions at every daily meals;)

@Marcos_J_m to my time have given me the strips that I had +/- established but for whatever reason I have had to use more of those necessary to have good control and I have returned to more boxes, I have never had problems, noI think if you get more controls and run out of strips, let you leave you without giving more boxes because it would be to report them ...

In Seville the thing is very fucking

The strips goes for communities and health centers unfortunately!What I see impossible is a life without hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia, no matter how control that some falls and more if you intend to carry very tight controls.
I suppose that it also depends on each person, but in my case doing the same and starting from the same glycemia figure every day goes in a different way to the previous one and those who come, or do more than 6 controls or get ahead of this to avoid it isunlikely

I think like you, @gemater.Even if we do the right the hyper and hypos will always exist.

My child has just given a hypo .... Although I think that does not exist.