This is regarding my great uncle.
He has diabetes.
Recently he has had these symptoms and the
docs don't know what it is yet.
-sweating, no fever
-pale
-low blood pressure (he normally has
high)
-extreme shaking
-off balance (even fell!)
-disorientation
-slurred speech
-blood sugar is up.
I know the obvious is a stroke, but the
docs say it would only have been a low
grade stroke, but he's been having these
symptoms for a few days.
Any ideas would be appreciated so much.
Thank you,
dorothy :cry:
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bill11931
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Idaho
Suggest Checking Bloodsugars When This Happens Posted: 03-04-06 23:06pm
The key is too eliminate possible
(could-be)s.
.
Half the symptoms you mention sound like
low blood sugar.
Fyi - not all bloodsugar meters take the
same reading as
doctor's blood sugar meter.
.
One of the meter series that do it right
is one touch.
I use the ultra, but the fast take works
fine too.
The strips are $$$, especially with no
rx.
If no rx, you can usually buy them on ebay
for $.45 each
compared to $.90 at the drug store.
.
Other issues could be cause too - but
worth looking at
possibility of diabetes. If he's below
65, thats a concern.
If he's falling down and very sweaty -
thats big indicator
he's 35-45 bloodsugar, which is insulin
reaction.
100% orange juice works best (for me),
instead of
food or sweets.
But low blood sugar could also be from
hypoglysemia.
Some people eat a few too many carbs ,
then their insulin
over reacts 30-60 min later, and drops
like a bowling ball.
.
The meter is about $65 and small bottle of
strips $45.
Highly recommend he tries this for a
while, to verify
or eliminate low bloodsugar from being the
problem.
Love, bill11931
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 03-04-06 23:49pm
I am no dr buy has your dr, checked him
for parkinsons disease, I worked with a
gentleman who had parkinsons diease for a
while and had low b/p for a while a nurse
told me to get him to shake his hands and
legs to help him to get his b/p up some
and up and it seemed to help including his
color o.J. Is good to. Also he could
get another opinion from another dr, I am
not recommending this stuff as I am not a
dr but I do feel a second opinion or
questions such as these to his dr would be
good.
Seeing a neurologist , or a heart Dr.
May help. I have also worked with
diabetics.
He might be eating cake or something like
a shot of booze while you are not there
but to me that is his choice. He may be
getting old and tired.
How old is your great uncle, not that age
makes any difference, it could be his
diabetes, it could be a lot of things.
Does he have help? Feel free to pm me
if you would like to.
My thoughts are with you both!
I do realize that this stated out as an
olger post, I do hope things are better
now!
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