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What Causes Low Blood Sugar?
Question: what to do about low blood sugar.
Brief Answer:
small frequent meals/avoid concentrated sweets
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your question.
There are many things you can do to prevent low blood sugars. Probably the most important is to avoid concentrated sweets and high carbohydrate meals. The problem with this type of food is that it raises your sugar very high and then it can drop down rapidly. Complex carbohydrates such as fruits are much better than sweets or sodas. If you have frequent episodes then eating frequent small meals is much better than eating 2-3 larger meals in a day. Make sure you always carry a snack with you so that you will have something to raise your sugar if you start feeling dizzy or having other symptoms of low sugars.
If symptoms or severe, or if you are having black out spells see your doctor.
Regards
small frequent meals/avoid concentrated sweets
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your question.
There are many things you can do to prevent low blood sugars. Probably the most important is to avoid concentrated sweets and high carbohydrate meals. The problem with this type of food is that it raises your sugar very high and then it can drop down rapidly. Complex carbohydrates such as fruits are much better than sweets or sodas. If you have frequent episodes then eating frequent small meals is much better than eating 2-3 larger meals in a day. Make sure you always carry a snack with you so that you will have something to raise your sugar if you start feeling dizzy or having other symptoms of low sugars.
If symptoms or severe, or if you are having black out spells see your doctor.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Pradeep Vitta
what if your blood sugar stays too low.
Brief Answer:
rare but insulinoma is possibility
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for your follow up. If you blood sugar is low then you need to see a doctor right away. It is rare but sometimes people develop a tumor called an insulinoma that produces too much insulin and that can cause low sugars.
rare but insulinoma is possibility
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for your follow up. If you blood sugar is low then you need to see a doctor right away. It is rare but sometimes people develop a tumor called an insulinoma that produces too much insulin and that can cause low sugars.
Note: For further follow-up, discuss your blood glucose reports with our diabetologist. Click here.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Shanthi.E
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