When I don't eat every 6-8 hours I get pale and start a cold sweat, I was wondering what that is called?

Answer 1

hypoglycemia

Answer 2

normally getting "pale and cold sweats" are not from not eating. but i don't know anything more about you!
from a medical perspective this sounds like you are a diabetic!

it sounds like your sugar is a bit low. and this would make sense if you were a diabetic.

normally if u don't eat for this period of time, you would just feel weak and have a headache.

however if u actually sweat and get pale... that is a significant response from your body. the same response can be to other things like being in a bad car accident or almost dying.

anyways since i don't know more about u, i don't know exactly what this would be. but in general if u get pale and sweat from no food, it would sound like diabetes.. or low blood sugar.

if u want a name... \this is called 'HYPOGLYCEMIA' which just means low blood sugar in the blood.

i hope this helps.

any other questions u can email me! i have written many pages and pages on diabetes and anatomy.

Answer 3

Some symptoms of hypoglycemia are caused when the body releases extra adrenaline (epinephrine), a hormone that raises blood sugar levels, into the bloodstream to protect against hypoglycemia. High blood levels of adrenaline can make a person's skin become pale and sweaty, and he or she can also have symptoms such as shakiness, anxiety, and heart palpitations (a fast, pounding heartbeat)



Lots of people wonder if they have hypoglycemia (pronounced: hi-po-gly-see-mee-uh), but the condition is not at all common in teens. Teens who do have hypoglycemia usually have it as part of another health condition, such as diabetes.


Hypoglycemia occurs when a person's blood sugar levels are abnormally low, and it's a potentially serious condition. If you know someone who has diabetes, you may have heard them talk about "insulin shock," which is the common name for a severe hypoglycemic reaction. People with diabetes may experience hypoglycemia if they don't eat enough or if they take too much insulin - the medicine most commonly used to treat diabetes in kids.


Other symptoms of hypoglycemia are caused when not enough glucose gets to the brain; in fact, the brain is the organ that suffers most significantly and most rapidly when there's a drop in blood sugar. The symptoms that can result include headache, extreme hunger, blurry or double vision, fatigue, and weakness. At its most severe, insufficient glucose flow to the brain can cause confusion, seizures, and loss of consciousness (coma).


Hypoglycemia related to not eating rarely occurs in teens and adults unless the starvation is severe, as in anorexia.

Hypoglycemia is so rare among people in their teen and adult years, why do a lot of people think they have it?

There are a couple of reasons. For one thing, the symptoms that occur with hypoglycemia overlap with those that people can have for many other reasons - or no reason at all. It's normal to feel fatigue, weakness, or have a headache periodically, especially if a person has had a stressful day or too little sleep. And drinking a lot of coffee, cola, or other caffeine-containing beverages can certainly make a person feel a bit shaky or jittery. Also, it seems that some people's bodies react differently to eating high amounts of sugar than others. When these people eat meals that contain lots of sugar and starch; the rise and fall of blood sugar that results can trigger hypoglycemia-like symptoms, even though the blood sugar doesn't actually drop to below-normal levels.


The only way to tell for sure whether a person's symptoms are related to hypoglycemia is to test a person's blood sugar while he or she is having the symptoms. If such a test shows that the person's blood sugar is truly low, the doctor may do other tests to diagnose specific diseases that can cause hypoglycemia.

The treatment of hypoglycemia depends upon its cause. If you are otherwise healthy and you notice occasional hypoglycemia-like symptoms, you might try eating a diet that's lower in simple sugars and/or cutting down on your caffeine intake. If this doesn't make the symptoms go away, be sure to talk with your doctor.

So most likely, this is what's happening in your case. It's the just the simple case of being hungry; or not eating a proper diet. A diet rich in simple sugars would cause this. The sweating and paleness is because of the release of and excess adrenaline or epinephrine in the blood stream to protect the body against hypoglycemia. However, if this occurs frequently, you should have your fasting blood sugar checked just to be sure you're not pre-diabetic.

Answer 4

This is probably Hypoglycaemia which means, low sugar in the blood. (Caused by not eating sufficiently, or a form of diabetes).
It means your body isn't getting enough nutrients to function properly so you become poorly perfused (your blood goes more towards your "insides" to keep your organs running as long as possible, hence making your skin feel cold and clammy due to lack of blood flow to your peripherals, you turn pale also due to lack of blood supply to the skin, and you probably feel faint and dizzy in worse cases due to lack of nutrients and oxygen to the brain).

If I was you I would be eating much more often than every 6-8 hours... I have a friend who passed out while driving a car and had a serious accident due to being Hypoglycaemic because she hadn't eaten all day.
It's also just a damn terrible thing to put your body through.
Eat healthy OK? :)

Answer 5

Like the rest said, hypoglycemia. You dont have to have diabetes to have reactive hypoglycemia though. The best way to deal with your diet is small frequent meals , emphasis on lean protein , vegetables and unsweetned fruit. Be sure and talk with your doctor about it.

Answer 6

That is your bodies way of trying to get your attention...it is screaming for nutrients...
The condition is hypoglycemia...and it is also a good idea to get yourself to a physician for a thourough physical to rule out diabetes or someother such thing...I have hypoglycemia with a siezure disorder...I have to eat every couple of hours...or boom boom out go the lights...no fun

Answer 7

those are symptoms of low blood sugar aka hypoglycemia/diabetes...
Try searching www.webmd.com
Hope it helps.
Be careful and get yourself checked out, if sugars become to low or high for that matter you could possibly pass out,
go into shock, or worst case scenario a coma.

Answer 8

Sounds like low blood sugar.--could be hypoglycemia or diabetes....better get it checked.

Answer 9

HUNGRY!