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TIPS TO TREAT LOW BLOOD SUGAR
If you think you are having a low blood sugar reaction, stop
what you are doing and proceed with the following steps.
- Test your blood sugar level. Commonly symptoms happen when the blood
sugar is below 60, but reactions can occur anytime the blood sugar drops
suddenly. If you can’t check your blood sugar, don’t wait to treat a
reaction. Its better to treat, especially if you have to drive a car.
Take 15 Grams of carbohydrate to raise your blood sugar level, such as
3-4 glucose tablets, 1 tube of glucose gel, ½ cup regular soda or juice or
5-7 lifesavers. Wait 15 minutes and test your blood sugar again. If it is
not above 80, take another 15 Grams of carbohydrate.
- If you will not be eating a meal in the next 30 minutes or so, be sure
to have a snack which contains some carbohydrate and protein so that the
blood sugar does not drop again. Some crackers and milk or peanut butter
on a few crackers are examples.
- Be sure and jot down any low blood sugars in your log and discuss these
with your doctor and or diabetes educator.
- If you are with someone else who has Diabetes who becomes confused,
sweaty, shaky or whose general appearance changes, encourage them to take
some quick form of sugar as outlined above.
Low blood sugars, if untreated can be life threatening. These simple tips
can truly be lifesavers.
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