If you have diabetes, you are given the encouragement unutk manage your lifestyle in order to keep blood sugar (glucose) remains smooth as possible, which means avoiding the occurrence graphs and charts ride down.
But life is complicated and there are some things that make blood sugar levels rise and fall. This booklet is designed to assist you in recognizing some of the more common reasons and help you in deciding what to do.
You need to find out what affects blood sugar levels so you can take the appropriate steps to manage it all. The only way to obtain this information is through testing blood sugar regularly.
Avoid recurrence of hypoglycemia:
* Eat on time, do not be late for dinner or eat is the most common cause of hypoglycemia.
* Monitor your blood sugar regularly, dose tablets / insulin may need to be adjusted.
* Perform additional testing if you feel anxious or feel concerned. For example:
o during the night
o Before and after exercise
* Make sure that all your friends and relatives can recognize hypoglycemia and know how to help you.
Berendara and hypoglycemia
Do not drive unless you have tested your blood sugar and only drive if your blood sugar level is fine (okay). Never again did the test and mild makana consume every two hours. Provide snacks and glucose tablets in your car.
What happens when you are sick?
* Your body requires more energy to fight disease or illness, especially if you caught a cold and it produces sugar from the mistress.
* You must keep drinking and get insulin, although you can not eat at all.
* Without insulin, your body will use fat for energy. This causes the rise "ketone bodies" in the blood.
* "It ketone" at high levels can make you feel very unwell
If the blood sugar exceeds 270 Mg / dl on several occasions in succession to eat you must monitor to know "ketone bodies"
Illness - important things to note
* Do not stop get insulin or tablets consumed
* Maintain carbohydrate intake by consuming a little snack, but often. Try the soup or if you can not eat, drink milk or fruit juice.
* Drink lots of water or fluids that are not sweetened so you no longer dehydrated.
* To test your blood sugar levels.
* If you feel anxious and your blood sugar levels rise, or if you vomit ASK MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
Discuss the "rules about how to live a day when you are sick" with the doctor so that you know what to do.
Things monitor Ketones
* There are two ways to monitor the "ketone bodies", ie in the urine or blood.
* Tests to "ketone bodies" in the blood has advantages over urine testing. First-mentioned test shows you the level of "ketone bodies" you immediately. Urine test will show you the level of "ketone bodies" in the past.
Normal levels of ketone bodies in the blood is slightly different between someone and someone else. The table below will help you in deciding whether you need to do something and what you should do.
Ketone levels in the blood: Less than 0.6 mmol / L
Action: No need to do something. Continue testing your blood sugar levels as normal.
Ketone levels in the blood: Between 0.6 and 1.5 mmol / L
Action: Test your blood sugar and ketone bodies in blood again within 2 - 4 hours.
Ketone levels in the blood:: Between 1.5 and 3.5 mmol / L
Action: There is a possibility that you are suffering from "diabetic ketoacidosis". Contact the diabetes care team immediately for a consultation.
Ketone levels in the blood: More than 3.5 mmol / L
Action: You need emergency medical treatment immediately. Contact the diabetes care team. If they can not be reached, go to the emergency room at the nearest hospital.
High blood sugar
If you have too much sugar in the blood, then you become hyperglycaemic (too much sugar in the blood sugar). You may feel thirsty, tired, need to urinate frequently or have blurred vision.
Anything that can raise blood sugar levels?
* Not serasinya food and medicine
* That person is ill
* Stress (although this may lower blood sugar in some people).
* Make exercise (if you do not have a sufficient supply of insulin)
* Smoking (it makes you less sensitive to insulin).
Low blood sugar
If your blood sugar level is too low then you can become hypoglycaemic (too little sugar in the blood). You may feel dizzy, shaky, or sweaty.
* Eat or drink something sweet once for your blood sugar levels back up.
* Then eat something that contains carbohydrates such as biscuits or cake layer.
What can lower blood sugar levels?
* You Inject Insulin
* Some tablets diabetes
* Doing exercise
* No or delayed consumption of food or snacks.
* Alcohol (liquor).
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