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Suggest Cure For Imbalance And Dizziness After Low Blood Sugar
my husband has type two diabetes. his blood sugar is 75 and he feels real bad. he took 2.5 milligrams of glipizide three hours ago and ate three pieces of pizza with it. hes unsteady on his feet and has occasional dizziness. what is the safest way to get him feeling better without raising his sugar too high? and how low is too low for a diabetics sugar levels?
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
Hai,
hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) will give dizziness. as your low sugar may be because of your disproportion of your food intake and drug dosage.
check your HBA1c for average blood sugar level. so that we can fix the dosage level depends upon your daily food intake.
dosage of drug should be calculated and determined depends on the Post postprandial blood sugar level.
regularity in food intake should be followed to avoid hypoglycemia.
take minimal amount of food in 2 to3 hours of gap with Low calorie/glycemic index food should be preferred.
below 50 to 60 mg/dl is considered as low blood sugar level.hypoglycemic symptoms will appear at that level. it will vary depends upon the individual.
thank you
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hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) will give dizziness. as your low sugar may be because of your disproportion of your food intake and drug dosage.
check your HBA1c for average blood sugar level. so that we can fix the dosage level depends upon your daily food intake.
dosage of drug should be calculated and determined depends on the Post postprandial blood sugar level.
regularity in food intake should be followed to avoid hypoglycemia.
take minimal amount of food in 2 to3 hours of gap with Low calorie/glycemic index food should be preferred.
below 50 to 60 mg/dl is considered as low blood sugar level.hypoglycemic symptoms will appear at that level. it will vary depends upon the individual.
thank you
hope i answered your query
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Hi
Though a blood sugar of 75 is normal he is not tolerating it . So a blood sugar of 90-100 is desirable for him . For now you can give him some sweet or sugar and don't worry about raising blood sugars , it will come back to previous value after few hours .
Ask his doctor to reduce his medication dosage to maintain a sugar value between 90-100
Though a blood sugar of 75 is normal he is not tolerating it . So a blood sugar of 90-100 is desirable for him . For now you can give him some sweet or sugar and don't worry about raising blood sugars , it will come back to previous value after few hours .
Ask his doctor to reduce his medication dosage to maintain a sugar value between 90-100
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