411 On Diabetes: What You Need 2 Know

What should you do?
If you start feeling shaky, weak, confused, grouchy or tired, it's your body's way of telling you your blood sugar is too low. It's important to treat it right away. So if you're not feeling like yourself, then test your blood sugar right away. veryone is different, so your diabetes team can tell you which blood-sugar levels mean you're too low. If you don't have your meter with you, go ahead and treat for hypoglycemia. You can take glucose tablets or glucagon to boost the amount of sugar in your bloodstream. If those aren't available, drink orange juice, milk or eat fast-dissolving candy. Test again in 15 minutes. If your blood sugar is still too low or if you don't feel better, eat some more sugar and test again in after another 15 minutes. If it's still low then tell a parent or other adult and see your doctor or go to the hospital right away.

It's always also a good idea to wear identification that says you have diabetes and what you might need in an emergency. Keep something sweet with you at all times to treat low blood sugar‹glucose tablets or gel, a juice box, regular (not diet) pop or a couple of hard candies.

An ounce of prevention
If your blood sugar keeps dropping you may become confused, have a seizure or even lose consciousness (hypoglycemic coma). Preventing low blood sugar is important because it increases your chance of having low blood sugar again the next day.

The highs and lows of diabetes
How do you feel when your blood sugar is too high or too low? Put an H for high or L for low or B for both beside those you feel:

Shaking
Sweating
Frequent urination
Fast heartbeat
Hunger
Blurred vision
Drowsiness
Anxious
Dry skin
Extreme thirst
Irritable
Headache
Impaired Vision
Nausea
Dizziness
It is important to know how your body feels when your blood sugar is too high or too low. Sometimes you can feel one of the above feelings when you're high or low. That's why it's always important to check your blood sugar. If you can't check for some reason, and you don't know for sure if you're high or low, it's a good idea to treat your reaction as a low.

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