Nightmares, sweating and feeling anxious. Don’t take these symptoms lightly

Concentration problems, a feeling of inner anxiety and trembling hands do not necessarily indicate nervousness or fatigue. Hypoglycemia can be very dangerous to your health and has unusual symptoms. It’s easy to ignore the signals your body sends out when your blood sugar suddenly drops.

Hypoglycemia, i.e. the state of low blood sugar, it affects not only diabetics who use insulin, although they are the ones most at risk of developing it. Sometimes, however, hypoglycemia is chronic in nature and occurs in people who do not have any type of diabetes. In any case, it requires diagnostics and therapy, as it can be very dangerous to health and life. Hypoglycemia occurs when the blood sugar level drops below 70 mg / dl of plasma.

Hypoglycaemia can take several forms, ranging from mild to severe. Each of them has different symptoms.

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Symptoms of mild hypoglycemia

These symptoms may appear when your blood sugar will drop below 70 mg / dL. If you have had diabetes for years, you may not feel the symptoms of mild hypoglycaemia at all. Also, young children may not be able to recognize the symptoms of mild hypoglycaemia. In this case, glucose meter tests and observation are indispensable.

Symptoms of mild hypoglycemia:

1. sweating – the most common symptom, usually occurs on the nape of the neck,
2. feeling of anxiety, shakiness,
3. weakness and fatigue,
4. trembling and weakness,
5. feeling very hungry,
6. slight nausea
7. dizziness and headache
8. blurred image
9. rapid heartbeat, palpitations.

Symptoms may disappear soon after you eat sugar-containing food. In addition to quickly raising the blood sugar level, it is recommended to eat a valuable meal containing complex carbohydrates (e.g. a dark bread sandwich with additives). After consuming simple sugars (e.g. sweets) there is a temporary improvement in well-being, then the blood sugar level drops again and rapidly.

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Symptoms of moderately low blood sugar

If blood sugar continues to drop and reach value below 40 mg / dl, we are dealing with moderate hypoglycemia and the symptoms are getting dangerously worse. They may include:

1. problems with concentration,
2. feeling confused and irritable
3. gibberish speech,
4. instability and problems with balancing when standing and walking
5.  muscle tremors
6. a mood swing, such as being angry or crying.

Although the symptoms are much more bothersome and dangerous than mild hypoglycemia, they do require blood sugar control. Otherwise, a drop in blood sugar can turn into severe hypoglycemia and constitute a direct life-threatening condition.

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Symptoms of severe hypoglycaemia

Symptoms of severe low blood sugar, usually below 20 mg / dL, are a direct threat to life and health. They require immediate help and calling the emergency medical team. Such a low blood glucose level should never be underestimated.

Severe hypoglycaemia can lead to:

1. fainting,
2. loss of consciousness,
3. comas,
4. strike,
5. death.

Nocturnal hypoglycaemia

If your blood sugar levels drop while you sleep, you may not notice all the symptoms. If you don’t live alone, your loved ones may notice that you act differently.

Signs of Low Blood Sugar at Night:

1. feeling anxious
2. making strange noises in your sleep
3. getting out of bed
4. sleepwalking,
5. nightmares.

In the morning, you might wake up with a headache if your blood sugar was low at night. Night sweats are also common.

Hypoglycaemia during sleep it can be very dangerous because you are unaware of it and your blood sugar is not being regulated. If it occurs frequently, it may lead to severe hypoglycaemia.

Some people do not experience symptoms of low blood sugar at all. The only symptom that affects them is confusion. That is why this condition is extremely dangerous. It may progress silently, leading to severe and life-threatening hypoglycaemia. If this happens, you may pass out before anyone realizes that you are not feeling well because your blood sugar is falling.

Long-term diabetes, young children and people who often experience low blood glucose levels are particularly vulnerable to this course of episodes of hypoglycaemia.

If you do not experience mild symptoms of hypoglycaemia, check your blood sugar frequently with a home blood glucose meter and avoid activities that are potentially dangerous to you, such as driving. If you are taking insulin, always carry a so-called glucagon emergency kit.

How to Treat Hypoglycemia?

The method of treatment always depends on the severity of the hypoglycaemia. In the case of mild hypoglycaemia, it is enough to eat a source of simple sugars – it is best to drink juice, as the patient may have difficulties chewing and swallowing. Keep in mind that this is a quick fix, and after consuming something sweet, your blood sugar level can drop rapidly again in a fairly short period of time. In addition, you should take care of glycemic control by eating a valuable and rich in carbohydrate complex meal.

In the case of severe hypoglycaemia, the help of a doctor is recommended. It is a life-threatening condition and the patient himself may often be unconscious. In such cases, he is unable to ingest any sugar source by mouth. An intravenous infusion of glucose may be necessary.

Some people taking insulin have a hypoglycaemic rescue kit. In such cases, it is administered glucagon, a hormone secreted by the pancreasthe action of which is opposite to that of insulin and helps to release glucose reserves from the liver.

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