Hypoglycemia

Diabetes' Unspoken Threat, Hypoglycemia

The survey results indicate that we're failing people with diabetes not teaching them about hypoglycemia, and I see it as a shameful omission by healthcare providers.

Hypoglycemia Without Diabetes?

Hypoglycemia has been associated with multiple conditions other than diabetes, including alcoholism, certain medications, anorexia, liver and kidney disorders, and thyroid disorders.

My Vice is Hypoglycemia

Type 1 diabetes is physically taxing and its maintenance exhausting, but I've learned to live with my self-afflicting body.

10 Ways to Treat Low Blood Sugar with Real Food

The most commonly recommended treatment for low blood sugar is glucose tablets or glucose gel. And let me tell you, those glucose tablets aren’t the tastiest things in the world. Think chalky, super sweet, and fake fruit flavor all rolled into one… sounds appetizing, I know. So, while these treatments are highly effective, they’re not exactly what this dietitian would call “nutritious.”

Fat Tuesday: Hypoglycemia Is Tied To Low Income In Diabetics

I disagree with this study's conclusion. Its not that I dont believe that low-income is tied to diabetes and hypoglycemia at the end of the pay cycle.

Hypoglycaemia: current management and controversies

Hypoglycaemia is a major burden on patients and society and is often a barrier to the achievement of tight glycaemic control. Intact awareness of hypoglycaemia is crucial to recognising and treating hypoglycaemia before it becomes severe enough to impair consciousness. Repeated hypoglycaemia can lead to impaired awareness increasing the risk of severe hypoglycaemia up to sixfold.

Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) in People Without Diabetes

You may have briefly felt the effects of low blood sugar when you've gotten really hungry or exercised hard without eating enough. This happens to nearly everyone from time to time. It's easy to correct and usually nothing to worry about. But low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, can also be an ongoing problem. It occurs when the level of sugar in your blood drops too low to give your body energy.

Hypoglycemia and Risk of Death in Critically Ill Patients

In critically ill patients, intensive glucose control leads to moderate and severe hypoglycemia, both of which are associated with an increased risk of death. The association exhibits a dose—response relationship and is strongest for death from distributive shock.

Preventing or Managing Hypoglycemia in Diabetes Care

The most common reasons why people get hypoglycemia with diabetes are related to giving insulin without eating food properly; giving insulin and not making adjustments for exercise; or giving insulin that has not been adjusted properly because they’re not monitoring, or they’re doing the monitoring and nothing has been done with the blood sugars. Insulin therapy has to be continually adjusted for people with diabetes.

Service Dogs Pick Up Scent of Diabetes Danger

Diabetic, or hypoglycemic, "alert dogs" are a growing class of service dogs best known for guiding the visually impaired, sniffing out drugs and bombs, or providing mobility assistance for people with severe disabilities.

“I think she’s drunk.” I wasn’t, I was in severe hypoglycemia

It was 10 PM and I was weaving on the boardwalk. “Are you okay? Are you okay,” my acquaintance Susan asked several times. I couldn’t respond. My brain wasn’t working. Like a firefly it was flitting on, off, on, off, refusing to hold its light.

Contemporary Clinic

Hypoglycemia, also known as low blood sugar, can cause chills, clumsiness, and nightmares. For patients with diabetes, hypoglycemia can result from changes to their diets, such as skipping a meal or snack; changes in medication; or an increase in physical activity. For nondiabetic patients, consider underlying causes, such as hepatic disease, hypopituitarism, infection, medication use, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and recovery from bariatric surgery.

Diabetes.org

The people you are in frequent contact with (for example, family members, significant others, and coworkers) should also be instructed on how to administer glucagon to treat severe hypoglycemic events

Endocrine Society

Hypoglycemia, a dangerous drop in blood glucose levels related to insulin and sulfonylurea (SU) use, has been identified as one of the top three preventable adverse drug events by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

MedicineNet

While people who do not have any metabolic problems can complain of symptoms suggestive of low blood sugar, true hypoglycemia usually occurs in people being treated for diabetes (type 1 and type 2). Individuals with pre-diabetes who have insulin resistance can also have low blood sugars on occasion if their high circulating insulin levels are further challenged by a prolonged period of fasting.

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse

Helping to increase knowledge and understanding about diabetes among patients, health care professionals, and the general public.

WikiEM

Concise summary on etiology and management.