This is the name given to low blood sugar levels, hypoglycemia occurs when blood glucose levels fall below the minimum accepted levels, causing symptoms such as dizziness, general malaise, body tremors and cold sweats, it can occur in any person, the most frequent cases in diabetics.
The most frequent causes that can cause hypoglycemia are when the body consumes the glucose that is present in the body quickly, also when the glucose is spread in the bloodstream very slowly, another causal element is the release in excess of insulin in the bloodstream. It is said that hypoglycemia is very common in people with diabetes since the treatment for it is through the use of insulinand when a high dose of it is administered can suddenly lower sugar levels, not following the correct schedule of each medication, can also help to trigger it, another factor is when few foods that contain glucose are eaten and they perform physical exercises that require great energy expenditure.
In patients with hypoglycemia, the symptoms may vary depending on the state in which it is, however in most cases the most frequent symptoms are discomfort and tremor throughout the body, numbness of the extremities, rhythm accelerated heart rate, muscle aches, the body becomes pale, you have the sensation of vertigo, you have cold sweats and recurrent nausea. In certain cases there may be blurred vision, seizures, headache among others.
To treat hypoglycemia, the most common and effective way to increase sugar levels in a short time is the immediate consumption of a food that has a high sugar content (caramel, soda) together with another that contains fat and proteins. Another possibility is glucose tablets, which are drugs that rapidly increase glucose in the blood. At the time of applying any of these treatments, the symptoms may not improve until after a few minutes of ingesting them, in the same way, great caution must be taken not to cause hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) for this, the correct dose must be known to be administered.
