Hypoglycemia 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Drinking too much water

Oversleeping can cause hypoglycemia because it causes your breakfast to be delayed. Too many carbohydrates can cause hypoglycemia in a person with reactive hypoglycemia.

Answer: Skipping or delaying a meal or snack

Anyone with diabetes or any type of hypoglycemia needs to keep their meals and snacks consistent. Alcohol may also cause hypoglycemia because it prevents the liver from releasing glycogen, or stored glucose.

Answer: Some people can not recognize their symptoms as well if they are in a warm bath or hot tub.

It is recommended that people who have trouble with severe hypoglycemia do not stay in hot tubs for extended periods of time. Warm water is not an effective treatment for hypoglycemia unless it has sugar dissolved in it. Sitting in warm water will widen blood vessels, which could cause blood sugar to drop quicker than normal as well.

Answer: Relative hypoglycemia

This is close to reactive hypoglycemia, but in reactive hypoglycemia it does not have to start with a higher number and the level does drop below normal. Both types usually have the quick drop. Relative hypoglycemia will eventually go away by itself, but a snack will speed up the process.

Answer: glucometer

These are fairly simple to use. A small drop of blood is obtained, usually from the finger but more recent meters allow it from other locations, such as the arm or thigh. It's placed on a strip, then in 5 to 45 seconds, depending on the meter, the number reads on the screen. Older strips do not require a meter; the strips change color and are compared to a chart. With recent advances, the process does not hurt very much.

Answer: Eat as much sugar as possible

Eating a lot of sugar is not a good idea for anyone. With reactive hypoglycemics this can cause more lows. With diabetics it can cause highs. Most diabetics and many non-diabetic hypoglycemics test their blood sugar using a glucometer to help them control their blood sugar levels. Exercise can control many things, but needs to be planned for, as it can lower your blood sugar. Prevention of lows is better than just treating lows as they come up.

Answer: It can raise or lower them.

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Answer: Sodium

While sodium is very important for a heart patient to watch, it has little effect on blood sugar levels.

Answer: A by-product resulting from the body burning fat for energy

Ketones do occur with a lack of insulin, but they happen any time the body burns fat for energy, including during some hypoglycemic episodes or from a diet, especially one restricted in carbohydrates. They become a problem when they are from high blood sugar and lack of insulin, as is the case in a type I diabetic who does not get enough insulin.

In hypoglycemia, they go away after the blood sugar is raised. This is most commonly seen in children who go a long time without eating. It is called ketotic hypoglycemia.

Answer: Every three hours while awake

This is typical, though some people with hypoglycemia can go longer and others need to eat more often. Every half hour would mean bad control of blood sugars and would probably require more education in what to eat, rather than how often to eat. Most people can go longer without food when asleep, because they are not using as much energy.