Diabetes patients are all familiar with hypoglycemia because it is a common occurrence of hypoglycemia. So what are the common causes of hypoglycemia among diabetics?
1. The dosage of medication is too large
hypoglycemic drugs include insulin and oral hypoglycemic drugs, which can all play a good role in reducing blood sugar, but if the medication is used improperly, it is easy to cause hypoglycemia. Those who need to use hypoglycemic drugs, especially those who need to use insulin or insulin secretion promoters, must follow the doctor's advice and do not adjust the drug dosage or increase the type of drug use without authorization.
Scenario Dialogue: If your blood sugar cannot drop, you can take a few more medicines. Brother Fat, am I very smart?
2. Failure to eat on time or eat too little
If diabetics eat too little or not eat at a certain meal during the treatment of hypoglycemia, and no adjustment of the hypoglycemia plan, it is easy to cause hypoglycemia. One day, Fat Brother felt uncomfortable and had no appetite, so he took a few bites of rice, but the dosage was not adjusted, and hypoglycemia occurred.
Scenario Dialogue: I’m sick and have no appetite. I wonder if it will affect my blood sugar?
3. Increase the amount of exercise
Iciaries need to formulate long-term exercise plans, and the amount of exercise and exercise intensity should gradually increase. If the amount of exercise or exercise intensity suddenly increases, it is also easy to lead to hypoglycemia. It should also be noted that excessive exercise can lead to late hypoglycemia for several hours after exercise or at night, and diabetics need to be vigilant.
Scenario Dialogue: I must run hard today so that I can lower my blood sugar!
4. Drinking alcohol, especially drinking on an empty stomach
Drinking a lot of alcohol can easily cause blood sugar fluctuations. On the one hand, alcohol has a higher energy, and 1 gram of alcohol can produce 7 kcal of energy. In addition, it is easy to consume too much food when drinking, which is not conducive to the control of weight and blood sugar over time; on the other hand, alcohol can stimulate the pancreas to secrete insulin, and alcohol will also inhibit gluconeogenesis , thereby reducing blood sugar in the short term. Diabetes should be especially careful not to drink alcohol on an empty stomach. When they are on an empty stomach, the human body's blood sugar level is low, which greatly increases the risk of hypoglycemia.
Scenario dialogue: I’m in a bad mood and have drunk a lot of wine. I wonder if it will affect my blood sugar?
5. Subcutaneous fat hyperplasia
Patients who use insulin should not feel unfamiliar with subcutaneous fat hyperplasia. If insulin is injected in the same area every day, the skin and subcutaneous tissue may become thicker and scarred to form an "insulin mass". Fat hyperplasia is the result of accelerated growth of subcutaneous fat tissue due to local high concentrations of insulin.
If injecting insulin into the fat hyperplasia site, it will slow down the insulin absorption rate, causing to have high blood sugar after meals to be high and then low. Some patients will even increase the insulin injection dose, which is more likely to cause hypoglycemia.
The method to avoid subcutaneous fat hyperplasia is to regularly rotate the insulin injection site, and check the injection site frequently. First, watch whether the upper and lower and left and right of the injection site are symmetrical, and then touch the injection site with your hands for lumps, irregularities, etc. If abnormalities are found, change the injection site.
Scenario Dialogue: It turns out that subcutaneous fat hyperplasia can also easily lead to hypoglycemia.
6. Peak delay in insulin secretion
Some diabetic patients will experience hypoglycemia in the early stage of the disease, and hypoglycemia will be controlled after the condition stabilizes. The reason is that some patients have pancreatic beta cells dysfunction, which leads to delayed peak insulin secretion after meals. After the peak of blood sugar after meals, there is still a large amount of insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.
Scenario Dialogue: I am a pancreatic β cell. If I get sick, it may cause the peak insulin secretion to be delayed, making it easy to cause hypoglycemia!
7. People with renal insufficiency are prone to hypoglycemia
The kidney is an important organ of the body's excretion drugs and their metabolites. Of course, hypoglycemia-lowering drugs also need to be excreted through the kidneys.If the diabetics experience renal insufficiency, it will lead to a decrease in their ability to remove hypoglycemic drugs (oral hypoglycemic drugs and insulin), causing hypoglycemic drugs to accumulate in the blood, which can easily lead to hypoglycemic.
Diabetic patients with renal insufficiency must choose a sugar-lowering plan under the guidance of a doctor.
Scenario dialogue: Candidates with renal insufficiency are prone to hypoglycemia!
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