How do you know if your blood sugar levels are low?

Answer 1

If you are diabetic or pre-diabetic, then you should purchase a glucose meter and measure your blood sugar regularly.

One could have a low blood sugar and have no symptoms at all. However, common symptoms of low blood sugar include:

• Dizziness
• Sweating
• How flashes
• Fatigue
• Headache

There are also items that exist to alert you to low blood sugar episodes, such as alarms you wear (like a watch)>

Answer 2

Hypoglycemic signs and symptoms can be divided into those produced by the neuroglycopenic effects produced by the reduced brain sugar and the counterregulatory hormones (adrenaline/epinephrine and glucagon) triggered by falling glucose.

Neuroglycopenic signs and symptoms

• Paralysis, hemiparesis, focal or general motor deficit
• Paresthesia, headache
• Generalized or focal seizures
• Abnormal mentation, impaired judgement
• Nonspecific dysphoria, moodiness, depression, crying, anxiety
• Combativeness, rage, negativism, irritability, belligerence
• Emotional lability, personality change,
• Staring, "glassy" look, double vision, blurred vision
• Stupor, coma, blackouts, abnormal breathing
• Automatic behavior, also known as automatism
• Slurred speech, difficulty speaking
• Ataxia, incoordination, can be mistaken for drunkenness
• Fatigue, weakness, daydreaming, sleep, apathy, lethargy
• Dizziness, delirium, confusion, amnesia

Adrenergic signs and symptoms

• Pallor, coldness, clamminess
• Dilated pupils
• Numbness "pins and needles" in the fingers
• Shakiness, anxiety, nervousness, tremor
• Palpitations, tachycardia
• Feeling too warm, sweating

Glucagon signs and symptoms

• Abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting,
• Headache, a feeling of being hung-over
• Hunger, borborygmus

Not all of the above signs and symptoms occur in every case of hypoglycemia.

Answer 3

Symptoms Of Hypoglycemia

• Blurry vision

• Faster heart beat rate

• Dizziness

• Temporary loss of consciousness

• Feeling cranky or acting aggressive

• Feeling nervous

• Headache

• Feeling of Hunger

• Trembling or Shaking

• Sweating

• Tingling or numbness of the skin

• Tiredness or weakness

• Trouble sleeping

• Unclear thinking

Answer 4

Have a glucometer handy and take your blood sugar. 40 and under is hypoglycemia. Your dr. will do a glucose tolerance test, and also Hemoglobin A1C test to determine your average blood sugar for the past 3 months. Symptoms include shakiness, dizziness, disorientation, irritability and fainting.

Answer 5

I don't know about high blood sugar (Diabetes), but I am hypoglycemic.

When you "bottom out," several things happen. First you become very tired (this is also a symptom of ingesting too much sugar). Second, you have a hard time staying awake. Third, your body temperature drops.

I've never gone beyond that. One doctor told me that when you reach below 20 points, you fall into a coma; below 13, you die. The lowest measured point I reached was 23.

Answer

For diabetes, high blood sugar brings irritability, confusion and loss of sense of consequences--driving is risky. High blood sugar will kill your system over time.

Answer 6

• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Tremors
• Lack of muscle control
• Mental confusion
• Sweating
• Sudden blackouts

Answer 7

Hypoglycemia (or low blood sugar) causes

* nervousness, * sweating, * intense hunger, * trembling, * weakness, * palpitations, and * trouble speaking.

Answer 8

Constant urination, dry mouth, consistent thirst and bed-wetting are some symptoms involved with Hypoglycemia.

Answer 9

Nausea