Hypoglycaemia

Hi, I went to the Doctor's today and ended up having blood tests for suspected hypoglycaemia. Basically I keep getting attacks of weakness/shakiness during the day, about 3 hours after i've eaten. It completely takes over me and I feel like I cant walk, talk or function until I've eaten some food and I go really pale and sweaty. It happens around 10am, 4pm and in the evenings as well around 10-11. Apparently these are hypoglycaemic episodes and the Doctor needs to determine whether its my body that cant regulate my blood sugar or whether I'm just not eating the right things to regulate it.

Does anyone have hypoglycaemia or know anything about it? How is it managed?

Jenna xx

Reply 1

Tarts_n_Vicars

Its to do with low blood sugar levels. Small regular snacks can help to regulate it or like me you can take medication for it (glucose). It's nothing to worry about once it's managed :smile:

Reply 2

kookabura

It is basically low blood sugar levels. Alot of people can have the effects (but very minor) if they havnt eaten for awhile - for example a few weeks ago, I was abit shaky/weak when I have gone to uni in the morning (after having a small breakfast at about 7:30.) Biked to uni, spent all morning there and got home again about 3:00, not having eaten inbetween - therefore I would have been low in blood sugar. But if as you are saying it happens quite often then it becomes more of a problem.

Diabetes can cause hypoglycaemia (low sugar levels) or hyperglycaemia (high sugar levels.) Although I am pretty sure you can still suffer from these without being diabetic. Chances are you are just suffering from low sugar levels related to how you digest the food/sugar that you have etc. This will probably be controlled with diet. (Theres some info here, http://www.dietitian.com/hypoglyc.html .)

It will probably involve eating regulary and making sure that you eat teh right kind of foods and sugars. I don't really know anything else to help I'm afraid, make sure you ask your doctor lots of questions when you next see them!

Reply 3

Barny

I used to get it quite alot, what are you eating?

If you eat high GI/II foods you get a big peak followed by a big crash, causing the hypoglycaemia.

As your doc says, it could be you or it could be the foods you're eating. Post your diet here and we'll see.

Reply 4

Jenna999

OK... Typical day

Breakfast- toast with dairy-free marg, a frusli bar, 300 ml orange juice
snack - two clementines
Lunch - ham salad sandwich, packet of crisps, apple,
tea - usually includes something like: spah bol with salad, pasta in tomato sauce with mushrooms and courgettes, sausages rice in sauce with veg, fish potatoes and veg, jacket potato tuna and salad, chicken burger and oven chips, sweet n sour chicken and rice... my teas are good. fruit for dessert.

and since these feelings started probably about 15 glasses of water a day.

Reply 5

Barny

breakfast: try wholemeal toast
Lunch: again, wholemeal bread, drop the crisps, have something else instead
tea: seems ok, in general.

To be honest you shouldn't be experiencing it as much as you are with that diet, try eating smaller meals more often, it'll regulate blood sugar much better.

Reply 6

Jenna999

i do have wholemeal bread!

whats wrong with crisps? ive eaten them for lunch every day for as long as i can remember, since i was like 4. there's no reason why they should be affecting me now!

i'm waiting for the blood test results and then will take the Doctor's/dieticians advice on my diet and food intake.

Reply 7

Barny

Thats true too, unless you've become diabetic from eating them everyday since u were 4 :smile:

I'd say waiting for blood results is a good move, how long until they come through?

You could try eating 5-6 small meals a day for 2-3 days, see if you still experience symptoms?

Reply 8

Jenna999

the results should be here in two days. the doc said i;m definitely not diabetic, it runs in my family through the males, but its only hereditry if it occurs later in life (my dad has just been diagnosed at 53). She also said that hypoglycaemia is the complete opposite of diabetes!

I think that if it turns out my blood glucose was OK when it was tested, then the main suggestion to stop me feeling like this is going to be spread my meals out more. Eg i probbaly need to eat more breakfast, so i could have something that needs cooking i.e toast in the morning then another part of breakfast at uni midmorning, then break my lunch up into say sandwich and crisps (not giving them up!!) at lunchtime then apple at 4... and then save my pudding from tea until 9-10ish? hmmm although that's just technically using some of my meal as fruit snacks!

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