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Long-term forecasts

Hypoglycemia is usually easy to treat and a mild episode a week is not dangerous.

The danger arises when glucose concentrations fall below acceptable limits to dangerous levels. The only energy source is glucose in the brain and therefore is not healthy blood sugar levels drop too low.

Treatment of hypoglycemia

Mild hypoglycemia is taking about 10 or 20 grams of glucose (sugar) as, for example, a glass of juice or milk sugar, or glucose tablets. In case of continued hypoglycemia or severe hypoglycemia crisis, call an ambulance to take the patient to the emergency room, where he was given intravenous glucose or glucagon (a hormone that increases glucose) intramuscularly. Read the rest of this entry »

What can a person with hypoglycemia do?

It is important to know the symptoms of hypoglycemia in time to address them. When in doubt should measure blood glucose (concentration of glucose in the blood).

Also important:

- Always wear easy to consume sugar by hand.

- Measure blood glucose every day, because with this you can adjust the amount of insulin and decrease as much as possible the risk of hypoglycemia.

- Follow the dietary advice and maintain regular eating habits. Read the rest of this entry »

How to identify a hypoglycemia?

Hypoglycemia can cause the following symptoms:

- Paleness

- Tremors

- Sweating

- Feeling of weakness

- Palpitations

- Hunger

- Nervousness

- Difficulty concentrating

- Irritability

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What is hypoglycemia?

Hypoglycemia or low blood sugar is a condition in which the concentration of glucose (sugar) in the blood is below a certain limit, 54 mg/dl (about 3.0 mmol/l). This causes various symptoms, which usually disappear within 10 to 15 minutes to take a little sugar.

What is the cause of hypoglycemia?

Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas and serves to make certain body cells, especially the liver, can use glucose from the blood. Normally, the concentration of glucose increases after eating to 126-180 mg/dl (7 to 10 mmol/l) and then the pancreas secretes insulin. The glucose concentration begins to decrease again after one or two hours after lunch, and return to normal before the next meal, between 72-90 mg/dL (4 and 5 mmol/l). At that time, the concentration of insulin in the blood returns to normal. Read the rest of this entry »

So many millions of people in China than any health problem becomes enormous size there. However, in the case of diabetes, experts now dare to speak of an epidemic. A major survey conducted in the Asian giant warns that 92 million adults have diabetes in this country and another 150 suffering ‘prediabetes’, a cardiovascular condition that increases the risk of cardiac complications. A team led by Jiang He, the Chinese group for the study of diabetes, has undertaken a herculean effort to evaluate more than 46,000 people between 2007 and 2008 and blood tests in the morning to try to update estimates what is the true extent of diabetes in China. Participants were more than 20 years and came from 14 different Chinese provinces. In total, according to the presence of glucose in the blood, the researchers calculated that the rate of diabetes in China is 9.7% of the total population, ie around 92.4 million adults (about 50 million men and 42 women). But they also warn other 142 million people (15.5% of citizens) would be grouped in the so-called pre-diabetes (when fasting glucose levels rise above normal, but never to be considered diabetes ), a metabolic disorder that increases the risk of cardiovascular complications. Read the rest of this entry »

To better understand the concept of diabetes we have to explain more fully what are glucose and insulin:
Glucose
It is a form of sugar that is the main source of energy for the human body and obtained through food. When they reach the intestinal tract, primarily foods contain carbohydrates, fats and proteins, these carbohydrates are those that give rise to glucose.
Insulin
It is a hormone that is responsible for collecting and storing glucose in the liver, muscle and adipose tissue. To enter cells, glucose needs insulin produced in the pancreas when you eat foods containing carbohydrates. However, for insulin to be effective must satisfy two conditions: Read the rest of this entry »

There are two main types of diabetes:
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Type 1 diabetes mellitus are commonly diagnosed before age 35, but can occur at any age. The cells in the pancreas that make insulin are destroyed and fail to generate. Usually has a sudden onset.
Diabetes mellitus type 2
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is usually diagnosed in middle age of life (above 40 years), although infrequently youth. It is produced mainly by the progressive resistance of the cells (especially the liver and muscles) to the action of insulin produced.
There are also two types of short-term diabetes:
Gestational Diabetes
It is diagnosed during pregnancy and may disappear after delivery.
Diabetes induced
For drugs (eg corticosteroids) or rare genetic diseases (chronic pancreatitis, etc.)..

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), more than 23 million Americans have diabetes and nearly a quarter of them are unaware they have the disease. Many believe that diabetes affects only older people, but in 2007 was diagnosed in 1.6 million new cases of diabetes in people over 20 years. Diabetes is a major cardiovascular risk factors. Moreover, two thirds of diabetics die of some form of heart disease or blood vessel.

What is diabetes?

Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the body can not produce or respond properly to the hormone insulin. The body needs insulin to convert glucose ( “blood sugar) into energy. Diabetes does not allow the body properly use the energy of food consumed. Where there is no such energy transfer, the cells are damaged. As the cells can not absorb glucose, increases the amount of glucose in the blood. When blood contains too much glucose, it is said that there are “hyperglycemia” (ie, a high blood sugar) or diabetes.