Hypoglycemia Treatment WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Hypoglycemia Treatment
The first step in treating hypoglycemia is to consume foods with sugar. Drinking juice, milk, or soda will also help to treat hypoglycemia.1 If the hypoglycemia episode is severe an injection of glucagon may be required.2
Fast Facts:
- Hypoglycemia happens when a person has abnormally low blood sugar.3
- It is usually associated with diabetes.3
- There are three levels of hypoglycemia: mild, moderate, and severe.
- Symptoms range from feeling hungry, confusion, passing out, coma and even death.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: How is Hypoglycemia Treated?
- ↑ Mayo Clinic: Hypoglycemia Treatments and Drugs
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Healthwise (via WebMD): Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) in People Without Diabetes - Topic Overview
- ↑ eMedicineHealth: Hypoglycemia Symptoms
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- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 13, 2009
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- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Hypoglycemia Treatments, Treating Hypoglycemia, How to treat hypoglycemia
- Last update: Mar. 31, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
