Contrary to what many patients with diabetes believe, cold sweating, tremors and dizziness are indications of an adverse effect of medication and, with more precision, are a sign of a hypoglycemia picture.This condition is the opposite of hyperglycemia, or excess blood glucose, characteristic of the diabetic patient.
This is supported by Dr. Viviana Ulloa, endocrinologist and vice president of the Association of Diabetes del Peru (ADIPER), who also warns that “hypoglycemia is dangerous and preventable.There are patients who really believe that when they sweat cold and are trembling or feel dizziness it is because medicine is taking effect.And no, medicine doesn't have to generate that. ”
According to the collaborator of the World Program “Changing Diabetes”, by Novo Nordisk, this decrease in the normal level of blood glucose in a diabetic, between 80 and 130 mg for a deciliter of blood, has as its main cause the incorrect medicationof the patient.This means, administering a dose that is not adequate or a medicine that is not the one for one.
“Sometimes the patient forgets a dose and the next take twice.And that is not so.If he forgot, he forgot.There is less risk that a little glucose to get a lot to get a lot, "says the expert. On the other hand, he states that a serious consequence of hypoglycemia can be the patient's death while sleeping.
“There are patients who do these hypoglycemia pictures at night and are not noticed by the person unless someone is aware.It is known, for example, that asymptomatic night hypoglycemia, that the patient does not note, can cause what in this context is called "bed in bed", that is, the patient dawns lifeless, "says the doctor.
Now, hypoglycemia can be prevented.In that sense, the specialist recommends that “when the doctor indicates a medication for diabetes, you should ask if it exposes it to the risk of hypoglycemia.Also, we prevent these paintings by eating at our hours, using the dose indicated and recognizing these pictures with the help of a glucometer. ”
Finally, before a hypoglycemia picture, Dr. Ulloa advises to quickly consume water with sugar and a meal, such as a sandwich or a fruit.In addition, it reminds all patients with diabetes that “hypoglycemia does not have to be part of the life of the diabetic patient.It is preventable and depends a lot on the control that each one carries on their own disease. ”