symptoms diabetes

THREE RULES MUST BE FOLLOWED TO DIAGNOSE LOW BLOOD SUGAR

ANSWER: Low blood sugar -- hypoglycemia -- produces many of the symptoms you describe: trembling, sweating, nausea, dizziness, headache and confusion. The trouble is that many other things produce the same symptoms -- anxiety, for example.

The proof that hypoglycemia is the cause demands that three rules be observed: hypoglycemia symptoms appear, the blood sugar at the time the symptoms appear is below 50 to 60 mg/dL (2.8 to 3.3 mmol/L), and the symptoms go away when blood sugar returns to normal.

Language Barriers to Health Care in the United States

"La semana pasada a el le dio mucho mareo y no tenía fiebre ni nada, y la familia por parte de papá todos padecen de diabetes." (Last week, he had a lot of dizziness, and he didn't have fever or anything, and his dad's family all suffer from diabetes.)

"Uh hum," replied the physician.

The mother went on. "A mí me da miedo porque el lo que estaba mareado, mareado, mareado y no tenía fiebre ni nada." (I'm scared because he's dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, and he didn't have fever or anything.)

Turning to Raul, the physician asked, "OK, so she's saying you look kind of yellow, is that what she's saying?"

Raul interpreted for his mother: "Es que si me vi amarillo?" (Is it that I looked yellow?)

"Estaba como mareado, como pálido" (You were like dizzy, like pale), his mother replied.