What is Hypoglycaemia and Hyperglycaemia
Hypoglycaemia. What is it?
It is the fall in blood glucose below 50 mg / dl. Is the complication of diabetes more common in children and establish faster and if it is not acting correctly and quickly can become hypoglycemic coma.
The most common causes are: an excessive dose of insulin injected, defects in food if there is a lower intake of carbohydrates, and excesses in the conduct of the exercise if nothing is done rations “extra” to do .
Symptoms vary in each child, but in general may experience sensation of hunger, dizziness, blurred vision, cold sweats, pallor, loss of consciousness, seizures and appearance of abnormal behaviors such as aggressiveness, disorientation, tears, decay, irritability …
What to do?
It depends on how the child:
If you are aware: it should be given a food rich in rapid absorption of sugars (fruit juices, coca-cola ,…), strengthening bread, biscuits, or any food that contains carbohydrate absorption slow.
If unconscious:
1. It should not be given anything by mouth
2. He placed the child in a manner that prevents damage to tongue, head …
3. It must immediately notify the school health staff, if any medical services, or move urgently to a health center where they can be handled properly.
There is a medication, glucagon, which can easily be administered in such cases (provided there is loss of consciousness), but their administration is simple advise in the event that a member of the College has no objection to do, to have a consent signed by the child’s parents, that they should seek the drug.
4. must notify the family.
Hyperglycaemia
What is it?
It is a complication of diabetes slow introduction, is also very common in diabetic children, which is to increase blood glucose.
Why does this occur?
Usually its appearance is produced by a deficiency of insulin injected (total or partial) or by over-feeding.
At first symptoms tend to have excessive thirst and frequent desire to urinate, then if you do not act in time, appears fatigue, decay, difficulty breathing, headaches, abdominal pain and vomiting. Typically cetósico breath (smell of apples).
What can you do?
1. If only there is thirst and frequent urination desire is to tell the family, enabling assistance to the toilet and the extra water intake.
2. If vomiting, abdominal pain, etc.. Should move to your home or hospital where it can be treated successfully.
3. In both cases, you should not exercise. (More information on our Diabetes and Exercise)
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