Low blood sugar(Hypoglycemia)

Signs and Symptoms

Here’s what may happen when your blood sugar is low:

Causes

You might get low blood sugar (also called hypoglycemia) if you:

• Take certain medicines and eat too few

carbohydrates

• Skip or delay meals

• Take too much insulin or diabetes pills (ask

your diabetes care team if this applies to you)

• Are more active than usual

• Are sick

• Drink alcohol without eating enough food

If low blood sugar is not treated, it can become severe and cause you to pass out.

If low blood sugar is a problem for you, talk to your doctor or diabetes care team.

Low blood sugar (Hypoglycemia)

Shaky

Hungry

Sweaty

Weak or tired

Dizzy

Headache

Confusion and

difficulty speaking

Nervous or upset

Or you may have no symptoms at all.

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Check your blood sugar right away if you have any symptoms

of low blood sugar. If you think your blood sugar is low but

cannot check it at that time, treat anyway.

Treat by eating or drinking 15 grams of something high in

sugar, such as:

Wait 15 minutes and then check your blood sugar again:

• If it is still low, eat or drink something high in sugar again

• If your next meal is more than an hour away, eat a snack

to keep your low blood sugar from coming back

What to do if you think you have low blood sugar

Low blood sugar (Hypoglycemia)

Check

Treat

Wait

2 tablespoons of raisins

4 ounces (½ cup)

of regular fruit juice

(like orange, apple,

or grape juice)

4 ounces (½ cup)

of regular soda pop

(not diet)

4 glucose tablets or

1 tube of glucose gel

1 tablespoon of sugar,

honey, or corn syrup