Feeling Shaky Blood Sugar 3.8 Is This A Hypo

[gordiescotland1]

Hi my blood sugar has dropped to 3.8 is this a hypo? Im feeling shaky had a big glass of orange juice now having lunjch

[Sqad]

3.8 is on the verge that will give you hypoglycaemic symptoms......anything under than 4.

You are dealing with it in an expert way, although i would have had the lunch without the big glass of orange juice.

[Buenchico]

As Sqad say, 3.8 is (theoretically at least) just into the 'hypo' range:
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Hypoglycaemia/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

However I've registered 2.1 on a routine test with no symptoms at all, so clearly everyone is different!

[ummmm]

My grandad always had orange juice cartons in the fridge in case he started getting a hypo. Why orange juice?

[237SJ]

If you feel better after eating, then that was hypo :-)

Orange juice is high in sugar ummm. A good dose of sugar is OK as a first aid measure but probably not as an everyday way of sustaining blood sugar levels.

[pixie373]

Gordie, did the nurse change your medication?