Blood Sugar Levels Normal

Posts Tagged ‘hypoglycemia’

Product Description
This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 857 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Reset patients’ target glucose levels to regain hypoglycemia awareness.(Adolescent Health)
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37 Issue: 21 Page: 28(1)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Reset patients’ target glucose levels to regain hypoglycemia awareness.: An article from: Internal Medicine News

Song: Enigma – Traces Hypoglycemia, also called low blood sugar, occurs when your blood glucose (blood sugar) level drops too low to provide enough energy for your body’s activities. In adults or children older than 10 years, hypoglycemia is uncommon except as a side effect of diabetes treatment, but it can result from other medications or diseases, hormone or enzyme deficiencies, or tumors. Glucose, a form of sugar, is an important fuel for your body. Carbohydrates are the main dietary sources of glucose. Rice, potatoes, bread, tortillas, cereal, milk, fruit, and sweets are all carbohydrate-rich foods. After a meal, glucose molecules are absorbed into your bloodstream and carried to the cells, where they are used for energy. Insulin, a hormone produced by your pancreas, helps glucose enter cells. If you take in more glucose than your body needs at the time, your body stores the extra glucose in your liver and muscles in a form called glycogen. Your body can use the stored glucose whenever it is needed for energy between meals. Extra glucose can also be converted to fat and stored in fat cells. When blood glucose begins to fall, glucagon, another hormone produced by the pancreas, signals the liver to break down glycogen and release glucose, causing blood glucose levels to rise toward a normal level. If you have diabetes, this glucagon response to hypoglycemia may be impaired, making it harder for your glucose levels to return to the normal range. Information: diabetes …

I’m 15 and I have hypoglycemia, meaning low blood sugar. I checked my blood sugar and it was 60, is that in the normal range?

As you have probably figuared out I have hypoglycemia. I don’t have diabetes. I would like to know the too high, too low, and normal blood sugar ranges thank a bunch.