Symptoms of Low Blood Sugar 

If you take diabetes medication (insulin or pills), your blood sugar can go TOO LOW (hypoglycemia) if you miss a meal or snack, take too much medication or exercise to hard without eating.

Symptoms:

Early Symptoms

• hungry

• dizzy, shaky

• sweaty

Late Symptoms

• can't think or talk (confusion)

• mad, irritable

• loss of consciousness

Early to Late symptoms can go VERY FAST.

What to do:

• Take a quick sugar. (soda, candy, cake icing, glucose tablets or gel)

• Wait 15 minutes

• Check blood sugar. If less than 70mg%, eat more sugar.

• If over 70mg%, eat a snack or meal after treating with sugar.

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