It is very crucial for someone with diabetes to maintain the right level of sugar in the blood. The food intake should be monitored closely to avoid excessive sugar intake in the blood. Somehow in certain conditions, the sugar levels may drop below the normal levels and this can be very dangerous.

If you have diabetes, you really cannot enjoy eating like before. You cannot just simply eat what you want. This is the most important thing you should remember.

Some things that can make low blood sugar levels more likely to happen are:

* Not eating enough food
* Skipping meals and snacks
* Getting too much insulin
* Too much exercises without enough foods or supplements
* Spend to much time in the shower after insulin shot
* Improper doses of insulin with meals and exercises

How a person with diabetes can tell when the glucose levels are low?

* Feel hungry or shaky (trembling)
* Rapid heart rate
* Pale and gray skin, have a headache
* Feel sleepy, weak and dizzy
* Have blurred or double vision
* Feel confused

What should you do if your blood sugar/glucose levels are too low?

Eat or drink something that contains sugar that can give quick supply of sugar into the blood. Examples would be soda, orange juice, glucose tablets or glucose gel. After 10 minutes, recheck the sugar levels to see if the levels are back to normal.

In certain conditions, the levels of sugar can drop too low until you are feeling too weak and not feeling well to eat or drink anything. If this happens to you then you need glucogen shot. It is a type of hormone that helps you to get your blood sugar levels back to normal very fast.



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