Comment on Is it normal that you feel very shaky as soon as you start to get hungry?

victorz@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• bigfish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Also not a doctor but glucometers can be cheap, not that scary, and answer exactly this question.

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• howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As far as I’m aware, diabetes will lead to hyperglycemia, not hypo. Taking insulin for diabetes in excess of what’s needed or not eating enough while on insulin will lead to hypoglycemia.

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  • FlihpFlorp@piefed.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hi type 1 diabetic here, yeah the other person pretty much said it all, but yeah blood sugar go can both hypo and hyper as diabetics basically have no means for regulating blood sugar. For me my blood sugar tends to run high either cus of my anxiety of going low or miscounting carbs (thank god for my sensor that automatically gives insulin). However if I’m feeling stressed or I’m working for 3 hours without a snack my blood sugar drops

    Bonus fact: insulin acts like a key for the glucose in the blood to get to cells, so without insulin glucose accumulates in the blood, but it also helps your blood sugar from going low. Treatment should happen at 80, low is considered 60 or 70 and below, while high starts at 180 to 200. At around 500 or 600 most meters will stop reading specific numbers and just want you to get insulin in your body

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    • howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thanks, that’s good to know. I’ve been experiencing this too and I know T1 diabetes runs in the family, but I ruled it out because I thought it wasn’t a symptom of diabetes. I should check with a doctor.

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  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Diabetics can have low blood sugar.

    Basically, the body isn’t processing food the way it’s supposed to, so all sorts of problems can develop.

    Also, there are other conditions that can cause low blood sugar.

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