Q. Show Acute Complications of Diabetes?
Acute complications of diabetes include:
Hypoglycemia or low blood sugar: The most frequent cause of low blood sugar is poor timing of meals and snacks. As you know, the treatment programme is based on proper balance of insulin, food consumption and exercise. Hence by reducing the food intake, by skipping or delaying a meal or snack, the amount of sugar in the blood will be less than if one had followed the normal meal, this creates a situation in which there is more insulin than needed for the sugar in the blood. The insulin will work on whatever sugar it gets and lower the existing blood glucose levels further. The second cause could be exercising more than usual without adding an extra meal or snack in the diet. So the usual amount of insulin and increased exercise can lower the blood sugar level further.