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Please share an interesting fact about dealing with low blood sugar.

15 doctors weighed in across 16 answers
Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ignore: Low sugar can be reversed by taking a carb load or candy you should keep around you in case needed.

Answered 1/20/2018

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Dr. Bharat Bhavsar answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Diabetology

Ignore: Few diabetics have low bs unawareness, for them checking bs daily is the only way to catch it.

Answered 4/20/2014

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Ignore: It doesn't exist in the absence of diabetes Rx, end-stage cancer, kidney, liver disease, etc.

Answered 5/23/2014

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Ignore: It doesn't exist in the absence of diabetes Rx, end-stage renal or liver disease or cancer.

Answered 5/23/2014

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Complex: Complex carbs sustain blood sugar longer than simple sugars.

Answered 8/6/2014

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Dr. Natalie Sieb answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ignore: Can occur in someone with diabetes who eats a meal with a lot of simple sugars or misses a snack.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Liesa Harte answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ignore: To avoid low blood sugar, avoid the things that can cause high blood sugar.

Answered 6/8/2014

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Diabetics need to recognize symptoms of hypoglycemia rapidly and then reverse it.

Answered 6/8/2014

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In: In the absence of diabetes Rx, cancer, end-stage renal/kidney disease, no one develops hypoglycemia.

Answered 6/21/2014

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Eating: Eating complex carbs rather than simple sugars will have maintain stable blood sugar levels.

Answered 6/14/2014

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Ignore: A healthy diet can often decrease symptoms.

Answered 8/6/2014

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Ignore: Multiple small frequent meals (6-8/day), periodic random blood sugar tests, medical exams.

Answered 7/2/2014

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Dr. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Ignore: Low blood sugar is just as much of a risk factor for diabetes as is high blood sugar!

Answered 2/18/2016

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Wear a bracelet, beware of warning signs, watch and adjust diet as needed.

Answered 4/10/2016

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Avoid: Avoid eating carbohydrates; all digested to sugars for absorption, drive insulin ↑, then glucose ↓↓.

Answered 5/7/2016

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Ignore: Carry peanuts and string cheese. No starch or candy! Eat periodically and you can avoid it!

Answered 10/10/2017

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