Low and High Blood Glucose Levels

Low Blood Glucose Levels

The medical term for low blood glucose levels are is hypoglycemia or 'hypo'.

You have to be very careful of this happening to you if you take insulin or are on some types of diabetes medication.

It can happen if you:

 

    

     

 

          

 

    

 

The symptoms you may start to feel could be:

 

                               Tiredness

 

                                Confusion

 

           

                                 Teary

 

                                 Sweaty

 

If you feel like this, you are very sick and need to:

 

     Stop and tell someone how you feel

 

Ask someone to check your Blood Glucose Level

  

Eat something Sugary to like Jelly Beans or Drink 1/2 Glass of Lemonade

Wait 10 -15 minutes, and

• If you are not feeling better
• You will need do another blood glucose test, and
• Have some more sugar to eat or drink

 

If you feel better you need to eat a piece of fruit, biscuit or a sandwich

 

Check you have taken your diabetes medication or insulin

 

Try and check your blood glucose level again to make sure your blood glucose levels are getting higher

 

If your blood glucose level is good you can go back to what you were doing

If your blood glucose levels do not get higher and your symptoms become worse,

ask someone to call an ambulance.

 

High Blood Glucose Levels

The medical name for high blood glucose is hyperglycemia.

High blood glucose levels can happen if you:

 

 

          

Don't take your Diabetes Medication or Insulin

 

Eat too much Fatty or Sugary Food

 

    

Don't Exercise

Drink Too Much Alcohol

Have a Cold, Vomiting or Diarrhoea

 

The symptoms you may start to feel are:

The need to go to the Toilet a lot to pass Urine

 

Tiredness

Thirsty

You may have hyperglycemia.

This is high blood glucose level If you feel like this, you are very sick and need to:

 

Stop and tell someone how you feel

Ask someone to check your blood glucose level

 

      

Check you have taken your diabetes medication or insulin

Drink some water

 

You may need to visit your doctor

 

If your blood glucose levels are very high and your symptoms become worse,

you may need to ask someone to call an ambulance.