What makes blood sugar go low?

Are you tired of feeling like a piece of toast without butter? Do you constantly experience shakiness and weakness? You might be experiencing the most annoying condition ever- low blood sugar, also known as hypoglycemia. In this article, we’ll explore what makes your own body betray you by having low blood sugar.

The Basics

First things first, how does our body normally regulate its glucose levels (also known as blood sugar)? Our liver functions like a boss and releases stored glycogen into our bloodstream when needed. Meanwhile, pancreas’s beta cells produce insulin to remove excess glucose from your bloodstream. This dancing duo ensures that your body has just the right amount of glucose it needs for those precious bodily functions.

Another hormone produced in the pancreas is glucagon which works to raise our blood sugar levels when they become too low; hence restoring balance to the force aka our internal environment.

Causes of Hypoglycemia

Low blood sugar occurs commonly in people with diabetes but can happen to anyone under certain conditions:

Timing Issues

Did somebody say timing issues are only applicable during sex? Think again! If you take medication for diabetes, the timing is everything. Two critical times on any given day when hypoglycemia tends to occur more often:

  1. Before breakfast
  2. During bedtime
  3. After exercising hard work or eat overly sweet food (applies even if diabetic)

Why so contrived? Well because these situations lead many people not only skipping meals but also taking medications at irregular intervals which increases their risk for hypoglycemia.

Age Matters Too

Hypoglycmia can strike regardless age but older adults tend have an increased risk compared younger ones . Why ?

Remember how I mentioned earlier glucagon regulation played role raising sugars back up It turns out aging muscle tissue isn’t very sensitive to it, and not so outgoing with glycogen when needed. This is a bit of bummer cause older people are more susceptible to muscle atrophy too. Time’s tough hey?

An Insulin Overload

Too much insulin in your system leads to rapid glucose removal from the bloodstream that even Odysseus couldn’t have anticipated happening! Resulting low glucose levels lead you feeling hypoglycemic.

This situation occurs mostly if somebody takes their diabetes medicine and ends up consuming supplies over-the-counter meds for colds or weight management containing ingredients like ephedrine, caffeine, ibuprofen etc These nefarious secret agent ingredients act adversely with diabetic medication Tune in Mr Bond did you get me?

Symptoms & Prevention

And now… drumroll please – signs that your blood sugar has gone into hiding! Common symptoms include:

  • Shakiness
  • Sweating
  • Heart palpitations
  • Blurred vision
  • Headaches
  • Confusion etc You can say basically anything above the chin experiencing unusual brain activity Under sever cases these progresses onto seizures coma stroke r death

Now hold on tiger don’t panic yet . If low blood sugars hype-manages Satan Take Me Now music dole out first response medication (is this thing called magical cure such a treasure hunting mystery):

  • Eat carbs (15mg worth) spread across small portions.
  • Carry around some sort of carb snack handy whenever possible

Aaand Done!

Conclusion: Playing Smart

In conclusion there may be no explicit cure for Hypoglymecia short long term management strategies outlined here ensure its impact remains minimized reasonable extent(i.e allows individual continue undertaking day activities without significant interference)..

Being mindful about medication timelines eating habits i essential rule thumb practise diligently.Forewarned is Forearmed.Rest all’s (almost) fine!.

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