Diabetes... would you ever have to go to the hospital for having like, an extream low?

if so, what would be like the treatment for it, or what would they have to do before you could leave the hospital and go home.

i am only wondering what happens if you have a low, NOT a high...

thanks =]

Hospitalization isn't usually necessary. If you're not unconscious, you can be given glucose or practically anything sweet. If you are unconscious you can be given an injection of glucagon. Both should be done ONLY after a reliable blood glucose test. Any qualified person can do the job. Hospitalization would only be necessary if the unconsciousness were severe and prolonged (coma)

A low episode can be very dangerous if the person lets it go too long. When I went, they did not try to give me anything by mouth. The gave me glucagon injection, about 10 or 15 min. later, they gave me peanut butter and graham crackers. After they were sure I was stable, they let me go home. It was the only time I ever had to go to the hospital for a low, it hit so fast, I never saw it coming. I was close to a coma. It was weird because it happened not too long after I was diagnosed as diabetic...before that I had spent most of my life being severely hypoglycemic and never got that low before.
This does not happen to just diabetics. Those that have hypoglycemia have it happen to them also, a lot more often than diabetics.

Under some circumstances yes you would have to go to the hospital if you cannot treat it yourself at home or the home treatment doesn't work. As far as what they would do before letting you leave the hospital is to make sure your sugar numbers are in the area they should be and that you can maintain them for awhile there and not go back too low.

***Treating low blood sugar symptoms:***

A glucose monitor is available for people to check their own blood sugars in the comfort and privacy of their own home. Usually this entails poking yourself in the finger to get a drop of blood. The blood is transferred to a special strip of paper that is then placed into the glucose meter, or glucometer, which analyzes the blood. This gives a numeric reading that corresponds to the blood glucose.

If you find someone who has the symptoms of hypoglycemia, look for clues that explain the symptoms. If the person still has his or her insulin and a recently disposed needle, you can presume that a change in their level of consciousness may be due to hypoglycemia (they have accidentally taken too much insulin).

If the person is awake enough to drink something, you can give them a cup of orange juice with sugar. If hypoglycemia was the cause of their confusion, they will improve after a few minutes.

Treatment, either in the hospital or at your doctor's office, usually includes IV glucose or glycogen injections given into your muscle.

Hope this helps and if you need to talk to someone who has been through the lows and highs of blood sugars contact me any time.

Actually, having high blood sugar can cause one to act drunk. There will, also, be a sweet, fruity scent to the breath. Low blood sugar causes the shakes, sweating, and eventually, can lead to a coma and, possibly, death. In the short time, the patient is given sugar, either via IV or, in exteme instances (do NOT try this at home, you must be a licensed professional) a medical professional could administer say, an M&M to the rectal cavity. EEEWWWW, I know but, if it's going to save my life... shove away. In the long term, in the hospital, I would hope that the doctors could find out the underlying factors that led to the low blood sugar, in the first place.

If you have a low reading you start to act drunk with slurring not knowing where you are the whole bit that is when you drink some oj with 2 tablespoons of juice and keep drinking til sugar comes up. This just happened to my dad a2 months ago, we did take him to the hospital also. Low sugars can lead to diabetic coma depending on how low it goes.

hi you
i have diabetes not close on four years and once i come close but once you eat or drink some thing fact acting your should be OK the odd thing about your question and i have put this to others and out of all that i did ask they all have a way of telling them they should act mine is the smell of bacon

YES!!!!!!!! If you are below 30 I wold seek medical help immediately after you swig down that juice. It is very common to pass out or even go into a comma if your blood sugar is really low!!! Also if your BG drops rapidly!!!

if u went to the hospital because of a low blood sugar they wolud probley give you glocon to raise it

yes...you could go into a coma ....need to get some orange juice or cocoa cola into you system or some glucose gel..mini tube of cake icing to put under tongue

yes.... my lowest was 23.... they gave me liquid glucose and i came back....

i have since bought a glucogun!