Normally I stick close to what a Diabetic should eat, but this has happened numerous times, after a meal my sugar level will drop very low, even 34 even with a Diabetic meal. What is up?
2007-01-05 18:51:13 · 5 answers · asked by NJ 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
are you taking too much insulin? sounds like insulin shock, a condition of hypoglycemic shock (low blood sugar) caused by an overdose of insulin, decreased intake of food, or excessive exercise. symptoms are sweating, trembling, chilliness, nervousness irritability, hunger, and in severe cases hallucination, numbness, and pallor (pale skin).
2007-01-05 18:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by Butch 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are a few reasons that this could happen, so I'll try to cover them all because it's not really a good thing. You could pass out, etc. My first question would be how long had it been between when you ate and when you tested your blood sugar. If it had been an hour or so, you were actually crashing from the previous sugar intake (believe it or not). Any high spike will eventually lead to a you going low, it's kind of a rebound effect - especially if you take insulin and your body still produces it as well. Another question I might ask is if you had just finished eating that very moment you tested your sugar. It may have taken a few minutes for your meal to actually enter into your system and your blood sugar reading could be from having gone without food previously. And one more thing would be to see if you've lost any fair amount of weight recently. If that's the case, then you need to see your doctor about adjusting you insulin dosage to fit your new weight - you may not need to use as much.
2007-01-05 19:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay, first of all, if someone is "insulin-dependent" and a Type 1 diabetic, they make NO suffiecient insulin. Zero. Zilch. Nada. SO, this would not be a rebound affect unless they are a Type 2 diabetic who takes insulin. I assume the person would have said if they were a Type 2 on insulin, since Type 2 is usually diet, exercise, and medication controlled.
There are a few possible ideas:
-Your blood sugar was low BEFORE you ate, and your insulin kicked in before your food, leading to a severe low.
Soultion: Test before your meal. If low, treat your low with juice etc. before the meal and/or reduce your mealtime insulin.
-You are on too much long-acting insulin, or it is peaking and crossing over with your fast-acting mealtime insulin. Solution: Review your insulin with your doctor or diabetes nurse educator. Make sure you know how to carb count and match your insulin to your food.
-You are taking fast acting insulin analogues (Humalog etc.) and waiting before you eat or taking too much You need to take this insulin exactly when you start eating. Solution: Do not wait after you inject to eat, review your dose.
-Your meal is not as high GI as you thought. High GI foods will raise your BG fast. Pancakes, espceially if whole wheat and served with butter (fat) can be absorbed slower than you think. Perhaps you thought you ate more syrup than you did or the syrup is diet. Solution: Check your labels, and take insulin after the meal.
-You may have delayed gastric emptying (gastroparesis), which can happen in diabetics. Solution: The insulin pump is the best treatment when dealing with this, insulin can also be given AFTER you eat. See your doc.
2007-01-05 20:50:00 · answer #3 · answered by reginachick22 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
ure pancreas probably produced too much insulin on account of all the glucose u put into ure body
2007-01-05 20:09:18 · answer #4 · answered by winneythepooh1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shoot up after you eat, not before. You have a timing problem.
2007-01-06 07:59:32 · answer #5 · answered by x 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋