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| understanding hypoglycemia |
Hypoglycemia is a state when your blood glucose is lower than normal. To maintain your blood glucose level at normal, your doctor prescribes drugs and other treatments. To avoid long-term complications such as eye disease, kidney disease, and nerve disease, diabetes patient need to maintain their glucose level at normal point, but to prevent heart disease, they lower glucose level that is hard to achieve because of the threat of hypoglycemia especially for those with type 1 diabetes. Symptoms of hypoglycemia When people had blood glucose below the minimum standard, they will usually begin to show the symptom of hypoglycemia.
Have you ever experienced low blood sugar? Literally, hypoglycemia (hypo=low, glee=sugar, -emia=blood) means "low blood glucose." It usually occurs after eating large meals, foods high in sugar or processed carbohydrates or high-glycemic index foods: sugar rises, insulin surges, and then - very rapidly - blood sugar levels decline. The hypoglycemia is caused by an "undershoot" where sugar levels fall below the level that existed before you ate. This reaction, known as reactive hypoglycemia, invariably occurs in response to eating the wrong kinds of foods. Many of my patients experience symptoms that they attribute to low sugar, but when tested the blood sugar is normal. This usually occurs when the blood sugar shoots up and then rapidly declines. Eating carbohydrates makes brain serotonin levels surge.
Hypoglycemia is nowadays more common problem for many people in western countries than never before. Treating hypoglycemia immediately after the first signs of symptoms appear is extremely important to avoid anything more serious from happening. At this article you will find out what are the warning signs and what should you do when you notice them. Some of the first signs of hypoglycemia are usually headaches, weakness, dizziness, nervousness and sweating. To be specific, carbohydrates that absorb fast.
