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How To Avoid Acute Diabetes Complications by: Sarah HenryWhat it is: High blood sugar, technically known as hyperglycemia, can occur when a person's blood sugar stays too high -- typically over 180 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) -- for too long. High blood sugar is an indication that his body doesn't have enough insulin. It can happen if he skips doses of his diabetes medications, eats too much, or doesn't get enough exercise. Sometimes the medications he takes for other ailments cause high blood glucose. In addition, an infection, illness, injury, surgery, or stress can also make his blood glucose soar to harmful heights. Symptoms:
How to treat it:
How to prevent it:
What it is: This condition occurs when a patient's blood sugar level drops too low -- typically less than 70 mg/dL -- to provide enough energy for his body's activities. Older adults with type 2 diabetes are more prone to this condition than others with the disease and are harder hit by its potential consequences, such as driving accidents or injuries from falls. Caught early, this situation can be quickly remedied. But left untreated, low blood sugar can lead to loss of consciousness. Hypoglycemia, sometimes referred to as an insulin reaction, can come on suddenly and may be a result of taking certain diabetes drugs designed to keep blood sugar levels under control, such as sulfonylureas. In addition, sometimes medicines taken for other conditions can cause blood glucose to dip to unhealthily low levels -- as can alcohol. Symptoms:
If this condition occurs while a patient is sleeping, he may:
How to treat it: Typically, hypoglycemia can be addressed by consuming a quick-fix, sugar-rich food such as:
Then follow the 15-15 rule: After 15 minutes, check a patient's blood sugar again to make sure it is 70 or above. If not, have him eat or drink a carbohydrate-dense food or liquid such as one of those listed above; each contains about 15 grams of carbs. Even if his numbers bounce back, if it's an hour or more before his next meal, give him a carb- and protein-rich snack, such as peanut butter toast or half a turkey sandwich. If he's unconscious or unable to swallow, an injection of glucagon, a hormone that raises blood glucose quickly, may be necessary. Before an incident happens, ask his healthcare provider if this is an appropriate treatment and, if so, learn how to administer it. While you're giving the shot, someone else should call 911. How to prevent it:
What it is: Hypoglycemia unawareness occurs when a patient has low blood sugar without any symptoms, or he's unable to recognize the early warning signs of this condition. In such cases, he could lose consciousness from low blood sugar without ever experiencing symptoms. This acute problem is more common in people who have had diabetes for years and in older adults. That's because after about five years following a diabetes diagnosis, the symptoms of low blood sugar tend to fade. After 20 years with the disorder, sometimes symptoms are too subtle to detect, or they occur only after a patient's glucose level has gone too low for too long and he's unable to treat the condition himself. It's also more likely to occur if he has neuropathy (nerve damage) or if he takes certain heart or high blood pressure medicines. Symptoms:
How to treat it:
How to prevent it:
Resources: Sarah Henry has covered health stories for most of her more than two decades
as a writer, from her ten-year stint at the award-winning Center for Investigative
Reporting, to her staff writer position with Hippocrates magazine, to her
most recent web work for online sites including WebMD, Babycenter.com,
and Consumer Health Interactive
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