Hypoglycemia

Question 1

What is hypoglycemia?

Answer 1

Low glucose when there is too much insulin in proportion to available glucose in the blood

Question 2

What does the glucose level drop to?

Answer 2

Below than 70

Question 3

Suppressing insulin secretion and producing ____&_____provide a defense against hypoglycemia. (2)

Answer 3

Glucagon & epinephrine

Question 4

What are the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia? (12)

Answer 4

Cold, clammy skin
Numbness ( fingers, toes, mouth )
Tachycardia
Emotional changes
Headache
Nervousness, tremor
Faintness. Dizziness
Unsteady gait
Slurred speech
Hunger
Vision changes
Seizures, coma

Question 5

What is an anagram to help me remember the 12 hypoglycemia symptoms?

Question 6

What causes hypoglycemia? (6)

Answer 6

Too much alcohol
Too little food
Too much meds
Too much exercise without food
Med at wrong time
Loss of weight

Question 7

Because the brain needs a constant supply of glucose in sufficient quantity’s to function properly, hypoglycemia can affect the mental functioning. Also called?

Answer 7

Neuroglycopenia

Question 8

What are the 5 symptoms of neuroglycopenia?

Answer 8

Difficulty speaking
Visual disturbances
Stupor
Confusion
Coma

Question 9

Untreated hypoglycemia can progress to ? (4)

Answer 9

Loss of consciousness
Seizures
Coma
Dead

Question 10

How do you treat hypoglycemia?
Examples?

Answer 10

Eat or drink 15g of rapid acting carbohydrates
( orange juice )

Question 11

If the patient is unreasonable what do you give (2)

Answer 11

IV D50 or IM glucagon