how do you correct low sugar?

Answer 1

Are you diabetic and asking how to deal with sudden lows? if so, 8oz (half a cup) of juice is the best way to bring your blood sugar level up. Then follow with a small snack.
If you are not diabetic and suffer from periods of low blood sugar then you should try eating several small meals or snacks throughout the day.

Answer 2

This is difficult to answer because you have only given "partial" information. Do you take any other form of insulin? Is the 8 unitis part of a "sliding scale"? When are you testing your blood sugar? To give you some idea. Regular insulin (which I am assuming you are using), peaks in about four (4) hours after injecting. If you have taken a long acting insulin such as NPH or Lantis and you add 8 units of regular, your blood sugar can go very low, rather rapidly. Once again. The information that you have provided is insufficient for a correct answer. Ask your doctor this question when you see him/her on Monday. The doctor will either go into an "in depth" explanation for you, or direct you to a diabetic nurse educator who can answer all of your questions, make sure that your diabetes is being controlled sufficiently, help you with your diet/exercise program, etc. Good luck.

Answer 3

As a diabetic and having suffered with sudden drops, I ALWAYS have a box/pack of juice (capri sun) available (one stashed in every room because you never know where you will be when it hits). Another option, which works well when stuck in a store or traffic, are GLUCOSE TABLETS. They can be found in the drug aisle almost anywhere (where the diabetic supplies would be - no-sugar candies etc). They taste like a powdery sweet tart. Each tab is about 5 carbs. You can suck, chew or dissolve them with water in your mouth. I have to hide them from my kids so that says something.

If you are not diabetic, but hypoglycemic, you should carry something with you that is healthy for snacking -- granola bar, raisens/dried cranberries or other dried fruit. Make your own trail mix with nuts and fruit and pretzels or cereal (protein and complex sugars - the sugars bring you up out of your low and the protein/carbs makes it last) Don't rely on something "sugary" to get you up. Because then you go "up" and go too high and feel bad then too. Just sugar will drop quick too -- so you need to combine your sugar, protein and carbs to make it last.

Consult a nutritionist or health fitness instructor. They often can suggest things you can carry with you that will help and be healthy. I'd also have your physician check your thyroid and hormones -- there could be something going on causing these sudden drops.

Answer 4

A glass of milk or juice could stabilize your sugar. To avoid ´low sugar, eat 3 regular meals and 2 snacks in between.

Answer 5

The blood glucose can be raised to normal within minutes by taking (or receiving) 10-20 grams of carbohydrate. It can be taken as food or drink if the person is conscious and able to swallow.
Hypoglycemia is relatively common in diabetics. It occurs when too much insulin or oral antidiabetic medication is taken, not enough food is eaten, or from a sudden increase in the amount of exercise without an increase in food intake.
In certain cases, some persons suffer from Reactive hypoglycemia. They suffer from hypoglycemia immediately after taking food.
This amount of carbohydrate is contained in about 3-4 ounces (100-120 ml) of orange, apple, or grape juice, about 4-5 ounces (120-150 ml) of regular (non-diet) soda), about one slice of bread, about 4 crackers, or about 1 serving of most starchy foods. Starch is quickly digested to glucose, but adding fat or protein retards digestion. Symptoms should begin to improve within 5 minutes, though full recovery may take 10-20 minutes. Overfeeding does not speed recovery and if the person has diabetes will simply produce hyperglycemia afterwards.
Hypoglycemia unrelated to exogenous insulin therapy is an uncommon clinical syndrome characterized by low plasma glucose level, symptomatic sympathetic nervous system stimulation, and CNS dysfunction. Many drugs and disorders cause it. Diagnosis requires blood tests performed at the time of symptoms or during a 72-h fast. Treatment is provision of glucose combined with treatment of the underlying cause.
Please see the web pages for more details on Hypoglycemia.

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how do you correct low sugar?

Answer 7

try to have a good diet. 3 per day and have snacks between them, but not snacks of candy or something with so much sugar, snacks of fruits, cheese, something nutritive. your problem is that your body dont get all the sugar that it need, so yo need to be eating constantly to keep the body on time.

Answer 8

Eat something with a lot of carbs in it or a candy bar and it will go up pretty fast don't let it get to low or you could pass out and go into seizes. Peanut butter and crackers are pretty good too one thing that will bring mine pretty fast is 100% pure grape juice its natural sweeteners do it every time.

Answer 9

Low glucose in a diabetic patient is treated with oral glucose or intra muscular glucagon with adjustment in future doses of diabetic medications. Hypoglycemia in a non diabetic is nearly always a mis nomer. In 1980 I referred to it as dysautonomia which is how it is commonly known today - as the symptoms in these individuals is not related to the glucose level. There are rare tumors which lead to true hypoglucemia in non diabetics but that is not likely to apply here.

Answer 10

Lucazade is the best - straight glucose. or anything sugary. but not too much - and test blood sugar levels after eating sugar, to check its normal again and not too high.