Hypoglycemia is a very common disease in life. It is mainly caused by improper daily care. Hypoglycemia will cause many adverse effects on health and needs to be treated and recovered through some methods. So how to treat dizziness caused by hypoglycemia? good? What are the treatments for hypoglycemia? There are many ways to treat hypoglycemia. Let’s learn more about the specific conditions below.

1. What to do if patients with hypoglycemia feel dizzy

Hypoglycemia means that the blood sugar concentration in the blood is lower than the normal standard value. People with hypoglycemia are prone to dizziness and will often occur. Therefore, relevant protective measures should be taken for patients with hypoglycemia. So, how to provide first aid to patients with hypoglycemia who experience dizziness?

2. How to deal with hypoglycemia

(1) Rescue process

1. 1-2 sugar cubes or fructose;

2. Snacks: 1-2 slices of bread, or 5-6 pieces of biscuits;

3. Half a cup of juice or sugary drinks;

4. Rice, flour, A small bowl of noodles;

Symptoms are usually relieved within 15 minutes. If symptoms are not relieved, you should go to the hospital for treatment.

3. How to deal with hypoglycemic coma

1. Blood sugar should be measured if possible;

2. The patient is still conscious and can drink sugar water;

3. The patient is in a coma. Relatives and friends can apply honey on the patient’s oral mucosa and gums;

4. Contact the doctor at the same time;

4. Hypoglycemia and dizziness Prevention

1. Avoid overexertion and strenuous exercise, and eat three meals a day on time.

2. Patients who are using insulin should strictly calculate the dosage ratio of ordinary insulin and long-acting insulin. Closely observe the use of oral sugar medications and make timely adjustments if hypoglycemic reactions are detected.

3. If you find that there is a lot of urine output and sugar in the urine during the day, or hypoglycemia often occurs at night, you should check whether the injection site is caused by malabsorption and change the injection site.

4. People with diabetes should carry some fruit candies, biscuits and other foods with them.

5. How to identify hypoglycemia

1. Hunger does not equal hypoglycemia

Many diabetic patients believe that as long as hunger symptoms occur, it means hypoglycemia has occurred. blood sugar. In fact, feeling hungry does not necessarily mean hypoglycemia, it may also be hyperglycemia. When you feel hungry, you must monitor your blood sugar in time to determine whether your blood sugar is high or low to avoid blind treatment.

2. Hypoglycemia may not have symptoms

In fact, when blood sugar is lower than normal, some patients have symptoms while others have no symptoms. Asymptomatic hypoglycemia is more common in elderly patients with diabetes and those who have frequent long-term hypoglycemia, which is clinically called "asymptomatic hypoglycemia."

3. Symptoms of hypoglycemia vary widely

Clinical observations have found that the clinical manifestations of hypoglycemia in diabetic patients of different ages are not exactly the same. For example, hypoglycemia in infants and young children can manifest as difficulty in breastfeeding, crying, irritability, cold sweats, lack of concentration, nightmares, enuresis, etc. It can manifest as bedwetting at night, and the symptoms are not specific. , which can only be discovered by careful observation. Hypoglycemia in adults often has typical symptoms, mainly symptoms of sympathetic nervous excitement, such as hunger, palpitation, hand shaking, sweating, and limb weakness. Hypoglycemia that occurs in the elderly is often characterized by neurological symptoms of hypoglycemia, such as drowsiness, disturbance of consciousness, hemiplegia, epileptic convulsions, coma, etc.