Low blood sugar or diabetes?

Question

Sometimes when I get up after lying down on my couch or wherever, all of a sudden my vision fades out to black for a while until I sit down. I love chocolate and I unfortunately like to eat a lot of it, so I was wondering if what I have is just low blood sugar or diabetes. Diabetes runs in my family, so could anyone tell me what the usual signs of both diabetes and low blood sugar are?

Answer 1

You should discuss this with your doctor - and mention your family history of diabetes to him. You can get your doctor to give you a test for the disease.

Answer 2

I think what you are experiencing what they call 'getting up too fast' where you feel light-headed and your vision blacks out for a second or two.

Some signs of low blood sugar or diabetes is that you drink a lot and are still very thirsty. My dad and sister are diabetic and before they got it under control, they drank a lot of soda and other drinks, probably around 4-6 sodas a day not including the water, juice, etc. they also drank throughout the day. Also, you may be very irratible and have to pee a lot. There are many other signs of diabetes; if diabetes runs in your family, you should get your doctor to check you periodically for this, which will just be a little blood work, perhaps even only a little prick on the finger and that would be all. Hope this helps you!

Answer 3

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

you cannot be sue that is diabetes
have you blood sugar level checked and you will come to know

Since your diabetes runs in your family so you should take precautions as what to eat and what to avoid.
Further you can take alternative treatment methods to prevent diabetes.

Some easy methods are :
herbal medicines and herbs
avoiding sugar and some foods
some vitamins can also help
there are certain fruits herbs and juices which are very helpful

Other treatments are be -
hydrotherapy
diet control
dry friction
cold / neutral hip bath
massage

Answer 7

i like chocolates too.
however, you've been eating the chocolates and having vision problems, so im guessing it's not low blood sugar. to tell you the truth, it is tough to quit eating sweets because it can be addicting too. it's like quitting smoking, it's hard. but you have to do it for your own benefit. i quit eating sweets because i don't want to be diabetic (sodas are my weaknesses) instead i replaced chocolates with sugar free one and i only eat those when i've been good and in small amounts. (don't binge on it though).


the only way to find out if you have a high blood sugar is do a blood test on you, with fasting (meaning you cannot eat from 12midnight to the time of your blood test). since you haven't eaten anything during that time, the blood sugar SHOULD be low, if it's high, then you are at risk.

Answer 8

It could be and you should definitely get your blood sugar checked regularly, but it sounds instead like something called postural hypotension. That means that when you go from horizontal to vertical, it takes a while for your blood pressure to catch up to pump enough blood to your brain. You should see a doctor about that too, though, just in case it is a symptom of something else. Postural hypotension is a side-effect of some medications.

Answer 9

That's definitley NOT low blood sugar-- but it doesn't sound like diabetes, either.

Answer 10

Causes of Diabetes.
(1) Hereditory factors.(parents, brothers & sisters having diabetes.
(2) Overweight & belly stomach.
(3) Over 45 years of age.
(4) Ethnic community more suceptible for diabetes.
(5) Women who had gestational diabetes and those who had delivered a baby having a weight more than 4 Kg.
(6) High Blood Pressure.(above 140/90 mm Hg)
(7) Persons having high triglycerides level.
(8) Persons having high cholesterol in the blood.

Diabetes Mellitus
Essentials of diagnosis.
(1) Usually gradual in adults but acute in children.
(2) Polyuria (excretion of excessive amount of urine) , intense thirst.
(3) Nocturia (void of urine at night).
(4) Polyphagia (excessive ingestion of food).
(5) Weight loss, weakness, lassitude.
(6) Pruritus valvae (itching of the external genitalia) in females, balanitis (inflammation of the glans penis) in males.
(7) Leg cramps, crops of boils, loss of libido (sexual urge) and impotence (partial or complete inability of the male to perform the sexual act or to achieve orgasm) in middle age.
(8) Blurring of vision may develop.
(9) High fasting blood sugar content >120 mg%
(10) Urine may be positive for sugar.
Please see the webpage for more details on Diabetes mellitus and Hypoglycemia.