How to Deal with Low Blood Sugar
Expert advice from an endocrinologist on what you need to know to prepare for a low blood sugar emergency
When Alejandra Marquez was 12 years old, she suddenly started to scream during an otherwise typical Sunday church service. There was a loud buzzing that only she could hear, and she soon began to have trouble standing.
“It sounded like a mosquito loudly humming in my ear,” Marquez said. “It was a terrifying first episode, and I’ll never forget it.”
Her parents called a local doctor, who told them that Marquez immediately needed sugar. She drank a soda as her father drove her to the emergency room.
A week prior to this incident, Marquez had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, but she and her parents were unprepared for the potential dangers of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.
What is Hypoglycemia?
Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is a potentially dangerous condition that occurs when a person’s blood sugar…
