Fall careful to finding fault with low blood sugar
Posted on January 12, 2010
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Autumn after a long day-short night, if the dinner or late at night can not maintain the energy needed for the whole, it prone to night-time hypoglycemia. In particular, patients with diabetes, but also to be alert.
Main causes of hypoglycemia are: 1. Hypoglycemic drugs, such as insulin, oral hypoglycemic agents such as excessive doses, or medication is untimely. 2. Time to eat too late or insufficient food intake, fasting and starvation caused by low blood sugar. 3. Strenuous exercise or excessive exercise, but did not increase the food intake. 4. Fasting excessive drinking. 5. Malnutrition, liver and kidney dysfunction, the use of sulfa drugs, as well as the older persons to enhance the sensitivity of the hypoglycemic drugs, easy to hypoglycemia. In addition, the evening before going to sleep in patients with the use of intermediate-acting insulin, such as bedtime snacks are not, then easily lead to low blood sugar at night.
Prevention of hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes in their lives should be noted:
1, diabetes patients should be reviewed regularly to the hospital, and follow doctor’s orders to prevent the occurrence of low blood sugar, in particular, to avoid repeated hypoglycemia.
2, timing, quantitative use of insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents.
3, on-time dining. If it is not meal time, meal time should eat fruit, fruit juice or cookies.
Fourth, not fasting movement. Pre-exercise snack to eat and maintain an appropriate amount of exercise, constant.
5, when they go out, be sure to prepare some cookies, candy, aura hypoglycemia timely consumption.
6, carry diabetes information card (including personal information, contacts, etc.), and indicate in the unconscious, set the pocket candy into the mouth or rescue rushed to hospital emergency room.
7, to develop good habits, smoking cessation, such as alcohol consumption should be small, taboo fasting drink.
8, in order to prevent low blood sugar at night, before going to bed recommend choosing a delivery system of energy consumption of carbohydrate-containing foods, such as a cup of yogurt or low-fat milk, a fruit, 3 to 5 cookies.
Once hypoglycemia, it is timely self-management, the main treatment methods are as follows:
Conditional Patients should immediately be measured blood glucose meters, blood glucose less than 3.8 mmol / l, shall be promptly added carbohydrate-containing foods, such as half a glass of sweet juice, half a cup sugar, 1 tablespoon honey, 3 to 5 biscuits , 3 ~ 4 sugar, 2 ~ 3 sweets and so on. 10 ~ 15 minutes later, if the symptoms have not gone to eat one. If the symptoms eliminated, but still away from the Xiayi Can more than 1 hours, then add food to a staple food, such as a bread, a bread, biscuits, etc. 3-5. In case of confusion, sudden coma, family members should try to be patient to the hospital.
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