Tag: low blood sugar

Hypoglycemia Awareness and Type 2 Diabetes

High blood sugar isn't the only thing people with diabetes need to watch out for, but low blood sugar, too. Boost your awareness about hypoglycemia here!

If You Take Insulin, You Need a Prescription for Emergency Glucagon

Emergency glucagon is a medication that raise blood sugar levels quickly during severe hypoglycemia.

Hypoglycemia and How to Treat It

Hypoglycemia, also known as low blood sugar, is when your blood sugar level drops below 70. Having low blood sugar is dangerous and needs to be treated right away. Left untreated, hypoglycemia can lea...

My Dog Saved Me During a Severe Low

Soon after Luc Daigle began using insulin to manage his type 2 diabetes, his dog alerted him to severe low blood sugar while he was sleeping.

Managing Lows While Living Alone

Despite living with type 2 diabetes for nearly a decade, Kathleen Mc Ilraith had to reassess her blood sugar management when she started experiencing hypoglycemia on insulin.

Going Low on the Road with Prediabetes

Randy Ritchie regularly made 15-hour drives to see her children and grandchildren— until low blood sugars got in the way.

3 Tips: Getting Off the Blood Sugar Roller Coaster

Stuck on the blood sugar roller coaster for hours? Here are a few tips to get off the ride quickly—or avoid the ride altogether.

Not All Sugars Are the Same: Using Glucose to Treat Hypoglycemia

Learn why treating low blood sugars with glucose can raise your blood sugar faster than using other types of sugar.

How to Handle Low Blood Sugar Emergencies at Work

Recruiting a trusted circle of people who understand your diabetes can help you if you face a diabetes emergency at work, like severe low blood sugar.

Preventing + Treating Hypoglycemia in Older Adults with Diabetes

When it comes to low blood sugars, there are a few additional things to consider if you are over 60 years old. Let’s take a look…