Low blood glucose is common among people with type 1 diabetes and among people with type 2 diabetes. Low blood glucose levels can be a side effect of insulin or some other medicines that help your pancreas release insulin into your blood
Symptoms of low blood glucose while you sleep can include:
- Crying out or having nightmares.
- Sweating enough to make your pajamas or sheets damp.
- Feeling tired, irritable, or confused after waking up.
First try to manage the low blood sugar levels by one of the above-mentioned methods like giving the person glucose-rich drinks, sweets or fruit juices.
When to take someone with low blood sugar to a hospital:
- If the person does not have diabetes but has had frequent episodes of low blood sugar in the body.
- The blood sugar does not rise even after consuming sugary foods and beverages.
- The blood sugar levels are dropping frequently after taking diabetes medications.
- The person has lost consciousness and is not breathing.
- The person is having seizures.