DESCRIPTION

Hypoglycemia is the name that happens to the situation in which the glucose concentration in blood is lower than the normal thing. It develops more often in the people who is administering insulin or medicines hipoglucemiantes to treat a diabetes.

When the glucose quantity at the disposal of the organism (nervous system...) is scarce, an absence of energy appears.

The hypoglycemia can appear by several causes:

• Insulin dose or hipoglucemiantes too high.
• A meal skips.
• Long or intense physical exercise.
• In not diabetics, the circumstances that can produce hypoglycemia include certain types of tumors, the alcohol consumption or eating little.

SYMPTOMS

The insulin reactions happen more often in the diabetics who inject insulin, although these reactions also can happen in those who take antidiabetic or hipoglucemiantes oral. The symptoms change from one person to other one but the most common are the quake, the drowsiness and the weariness. Very often a cold transpiration appears. The skin is pale and also there happen nervousness, bad humor, blurry vision and sensation of quake in the hands and feet.

If the hypoglycemia is not corrected, they will continue other sensations as headache, confusion, drowsiness, difficulty to the gait, morning sickness, tachycardia etc. For the observer, the diabetic with an insulin reaction, turns out to be often confused and rough as well as slightly cooperative. The worst thing is the coordination scarcity. It is as if it was poisoned. In the extreme cases unconsciousness appears and also convulsions, especially in the children.

SOLUTION

In almost all the cases, the ingestion of a lump of azcar will relieve the symptoms in 10 ó 15 minutes. Also the symptoms get better taking a glass of orange juice, a moderate drink that it contains azcar, a bonbon or a piece of cake. If the symptoms do not disappear it is necessary to consume again some sweet meal. When the symptoms have calmed down, it is necessary to consume additional meal to prepare a relapsing. The insulin reactions usually look alike to the panic attacks. To analyze the azcar in blood before every meal will help to determine if it is a question of an insulin reaction or if it is only the anxiety what is causing the symptoms.

TO RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS

In almost all the cases, the ingestion of a lump of azcar will relieve the symptoms in 10 ó 15 minutes. Also the symptoms get better taking a glass of orange juice, a moderate drink that it contains azcar, a bonbon or a piece of cake. If the symptoms do not disappear it is necessary to consume again some sweet meal. When the symptoms have calmed down, it is necessary to consume additional meal to prepare a relapsing. The insulin reactions usually look alike to the panic attacks. To analyze the azcar in blood before every meal will help to determine if it is a question of an insulin reaction or if it is only the anxiety what is causing the symptoms.

URGENT ASSISTANCE

The insulin reactions must take seriously. If the symptoms are recognized and talk each other soon, they disappear at once in most cases.

Anyway, if it appears unconsciousness will be necessary to administer an injection of subcutaneous glucagón or glucose endovenosa.

BRACELET OF IDENTIFICATION

It is important that it takes a chain or bracelet that identifies his diabetes, like precaution.

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