The symptoms of a low blood sugar can be detected as early as a few minutes or up to a few hours.

Watch for:

• cold sweats, faintness, dizziness
• headaches
• pounding of heart, trembling, nervousness
• blurred vision
• hunger
• inability to awaken
• grouchiness
• presonality change

What you can do:

• take liquids of food containing sugar (e.g. orange juice or regular pop)
• check blood sugar level
• do not give insulin
• do not give anything by mouth if unconscious
• if unconscious, give Glucagon according to package directions
• call your doctor or diabetes educator immediately

Causes:

• too much insulin
• not enough food
• unusual amount of exercise
• delayed meal