If you’re on insulin or a sulfonylurea, you know that low blood sugar can come on fast and sometimes without a lot of warning. Having a treatment plan in place that involves ready-to-use glucagon is essential.
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Judith Jones Ambrosini shares her most bizarre “LSD” (Low Sugar Delirium) trip when she got lost in her own hometown of New York City, accidentally took a train to Harlem, and “came to” next to a gigantic butternut squash she didn’t remember buying.
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The holiday season can bring a lot of additional activity to our daily and weekly routines, which can have an effect on our blood sugars. Here are a few tips on creating a treatment plan so you are prepared in case of a severe hypoglycemic event.
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Complications from diabetes can occur if your blood sugars are too high for too long, but what exactly does that mean? Dr. Edelman gives a more detailed explanation which will hopefully put your mind at ease.
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If you or your child is new to diabetes, it’s crucial to educate the people in all areas of your life so they know how to recognize and treat hypoglycemia. Here are tips on how and what you need to communicate within your school, work, family and social circles.
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Dr. Edelman clarifies how SGLTs and GLP-1s affect insulin use, and whether or not they cause hypoglycemia.
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Cold pizza, stale chips, Girl Scout cookies, Cheerios – nothing is off limits when a low blood sugar hits and you’re on a mission to feed it. Ginger Vieira shares three tips to help prevent and avoid the low blood sugar feeding frenzy (and ensuing blood sugar roller coaster).
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Dr. Edelman explains when you should treat a low with sugar and when you should use emergency glucagon.
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If two smart, good-looking, accomplished endocrinologists can have dicey episodes of severe hypoglycemia, anyone can. Dr. E and Dr. P talk about what happened when they each went so low they had to break into their emergency glucagon. They discuss the newest, easy-to-use glucagon options and share what’s coming down the pike.
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Preparing patients to be ready and confident to manage severe hypoglycemia will keep them safe and healthy. Fortunately, helping them use glucagon became a whole lot easier recently with the availability of new premixed formulations.
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