What to do if your child has low blood sugar

Children are also prone to hypoglycemia. Parents must pay attention at this time, because this type of hypoglycemia may cause greater harm to the child's health and easily cause developmental delay. It is necessary to strengthen the prevention of hypoglycemia. Children should not be overworked or do some too strenuous work. They should eat on time, have a regular life, and not be picky about food.

What to do if your child has low blood sugar

1. Don’t overwork yourself

Children with symptoms of hypoglycemia cannot be treated like other healthy children. Parents need to pay more attention to them and not let them play for too long, as this will cause energy to be consumed too quickly and blood sugar to drop sharply, which will have an extremely adverse effect on their health.

2. Don’t do strenuous exercise

We all know that strenuous exercise consumes a lot of energy and physical strength, which is extremely undesirable for children with hypoglycemia. Strenuous exercise combined with hypoglycemia can easily cause dizziness. Once a problem occurs and it is not treated in time, it will have a great impact on the child's development.

3. Don’t travel long distances

Traveling long distances will not only make people physically and mentally exhausted but also cause them to be unable to eat well for a long time. This is very undesirable for patients with hypoglycemia. If you cannot avoid traveling long distances, you must also make preparations in advance and prepare food so that you can replenish energy in time in case of an emergency.

4. Eat on time and have a regular life

Patients with hypoglycemia need a regular life and eat on time, which can effectively control the development of the disease. A regular life can also allow children's lives to be well planned and problems can be better solved.

How to prevent hypoglycemia in children

1. Parents with poor vision or cognitive abilities should try to avoid giving their children insulin injections.

2. You can eat about 20 minutes after injecting regular insulin. Those who inject rapid-acting insulin should eat immediately after the injection or change to injecting after meals. If your blood sugar is particularly high, you don't have to skip meals, but it must be used under the guidance of a doctor.

3. Keep the diet as constant as possible and control your child's diet. Even if the food is not tasty, you should eat in moderation.

4. Check the drug name and dosage carefully before injection. If you use two types of insulin at the same time, you should check them carefully before injection and never make a mistake.

5. Be careful not to let the child exercise on an empty stomach. If there is a physical education class, you can have a snack before exercise or reduce the amount of insulin. When going to school, you can put a small amount of candy in the school bag as a self-rescue measure. The child should have a "diabetes" card in his or her pocket. For infants and young children with diabetes, be careful not to control blood sugar too low and try to avoid severe hypoglycemia.

6. Parents should monitor their children's blood sugar regularly, and try to measure it once a week at 2:00 a.m., especially when the child is weak and listless, blood sugar should be measured quickly and the amount of insulin should be carefully checked.