Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Indianapolis, IN
Scary!-new Here Posted: 04-12-06 15:01pm
My name is jessica. I'm 16 and i'm on
the swim team at school. When swim
season first started I would get really
dizzy and shaky and really hungry during
hard or long (2+ hr) workouts. I went
to the doctor and found out I was
hypoglycemic. So, while exercising I
make sure to take breaks and eat something
and throughout I drink a sports drink and
i'm usually okay.
Well I haven't been swimming recently but
yesterday I was just sitting in health
class and I started to feel nausea's.
At first I thought maybe I was just
reacting to the movie we were watching
that was rather graphic. But soon I got
really dizzy and started sweating. Like
I was drenched in sweat as if I had just
ran a marathon or something. Then I
could not see anything...It just went
totally black for 4 minutes and my hands
and face went all tingly like they were
asleep or something. According to my
teacher I was extremelt pale. He said I
looked pale enough to be dead. The
teacher started to escort me down to the
nurses office (i didn't have any sugar
with me...Dumb, I know) but I had to stop
and sit down. The nurse ended up coming
with a wheel chair to get me because I
couldn't walk any farther. After
drinking some juice and eating some pb
crackers I was fine. I knew I was
hypoglycemic but i've never felt that bad
before and I can't figure out why it
happened. I had a normal breakfast as
well as a normal snack and hadn't been
sick or exercised. Any ideas on what
could have made my blood sugar drop?
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sandyallen
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Posted: 04-12-06 16:34pm
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DianaJJ
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Hypoglycemia Posted: 04-12-06 19:03pm
Hi,
it really sounds like a very severe
hypoglycemia attack. I know how scary
they are. Sometimes there seems to be no
reason for the attacks, it's just how your
body is handling what you eat.
So much depends on what you're eating.
If you eat high carbohydrate (sugar,
starch, etc) meals and snacks you're going
to have more symptoms. Try to eat more
protein with your meals and snacks and it
will keep your blood sugar levels more
even. Sure, juice and other sweet food
will bring up your levels fast but it will
also cause a quick drop in a few hours (or
less).
Please feel free to ask any questions you
might have.....We'd like to help if we
can.
Dj
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Stan
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Posted: 04-12-06 20:23pm
Never take a glucose tablet, that's an
awful suggestion. Basically, you're
having bad attacks because your body needs
a proper diet and is starting to
overcompensate for the amount of sugar you
are probably eating. Please read my diet
post to get an idea of what you need to do
to get your body working properly again.
I only really provide guidelines, but I
suggest you read it.
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swimchick
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posted: 04-13-06 20:19pm
sandyallen
wrote:
welcome! Hi there! I am
no dr but didn't he tell you to always
carry something with you and to wear one
of those medical bracelets, get a note
from the dr if that is what it takes to be
eating during class, I am not for sure and
you should check with the nurse or dr but
I think you might want to also carry
glucose tablets with you, but like I say,
check with the dr or the nurse 1st.
Good luck!
The best to you!
(i know sometimes we always have to learn
the hard
way,lol).
my doctor did tell me to always carry
something with me...She never mentioned a
medical bracelet. Most of my teachers
are pretty cool with me eating in class
and if they aren't I have a paper from the
Dr. Saying i'm hypoglycemic and should be
allowed to eat in class.
I'm confused...
Glucose tablets would be to raise my sugar
level right? Same effect as sugar only
faster? Someone mentioned sugar as a big
no, no. I was told to eat sugar when I
felt it drop and then eat something
protein filled to keep it steady.
Glucose tablets would be the same idea
wouldn't they? So whats the reason for
them being a no? I understand I should
be eating foods where this wouldn't happen
but its a little difficult when everything
and then some is a no no food, ya know?
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Stan
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Posted: 04-13-06 22:10pm
Don't worry, I know how hard it is. The
problem with using sugar is that it
doesn't work in the long run. You either
end up getting worse eventually or you get
diabetes. What you need to do is
readjust the diet so you're eating healthy
and not relying on sugar. You're just
keeping your pancreas active, it needs to
calm down and return to normal. How long
have you been doing this? Read this
story: http://www.Fred.Net/slowu
p/hai147.Html if you don't watch, you
could get there eventually. Eating sugar
like this just keeps the cycle going and
the pancreas slowly, but surely, begins to
overcompensate for the amount. You're
right, you'll bring the sugar up, but then
the pancreas will drop it back down and
you keep doing it again and again and
again. Proper diets, like mine, make the
pancreas slowly calm down so it stops
secreting too much insulin, then you
extend the amount of time between meals
until you're only eating 3-4 a day.
Then, finally, after that time has passed
you can begin experimenting little by
little with previously forbidden foods to
see how much your body reacts to them,
then you can gauge what to eat for the
rest of your life to stay healthy. Many
hypoglycemics can eventually eat things
like a piece of pizza here and there or
some fried chicken or chinese food now and
then, but you'll never be able to eat
candy bars on a regular basis or something
like that. I need to know how you
currently react to your foods. What are
your symptoms like and how often do you
experience them? How often do you eat?
How much sugar do you eat in a day?
