Should I be worried about Hypoglycemia?
I usually get frequent headaches and other symptoms of Hypoglycemia throughout the day and recently started using my roommates’ blood glucose monitor. I do not know what my level should be but I average 82 around 7pm and have seen my level drop to below 50 mid day. Should I be concerned and schedule an appointment about this?
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Below 50 there is a good chance you can have some serious complications, ask your roommate what to watch for. Mean while keep track of your numbers from tests, times you test, & what your eating & when. Also make a Dr.’s apt, take all the info in to them. Please keep some type of sugar on you at all times, letting your level get that low can easily cause you to lose concenious, so when you get the headache, eat something with sugar. If you can test first than eat the sugar
yes definitely, when your sugar gets low like that drink a small amount of orange juice and maybe keep some peppermint or peanut butter crackers around. you need to have some blood work to know for sure a glucose tolerance test you can do a 3 or 5 hour, the 5 hour is really ruff though and not many people can do it, diabetes is a serious disease, you can crash and burn
The 82 mg/dl is fairly normal, however it is concerning that it dips into the 50′s at any time of the day. See your doctor.