Fastest way to raise low BG

Pota

Active Member
Messages
32
What is the ABSOLUTELY fastest way to raise low bloodglucose?
I had Hypo last day, 2.2 before i felt beeing low. And that was 1,5 hour after last meal.
What can raise the BG fastest? Except taking a glucose injection.

How are these?
link removed...
Anything even faster?
 
Last edited by a moderator:

CarbsRok

Well-Known Member
Messages
4,688
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
pasta ice cream and chocolate
What is the ABSOLUTELY fastest way to raise low bloodglucose?
I had Hypo last day, 2.2 before i felt beeing low. And that was 1,5 hour after last meal.
What can raise the BG fastest? Except taking a glucose injection.
Liquid glucose, cheapest form is glucose powder mixed with a bit of warm water as dissolves quicker or use some fizzy glucose drink.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 4 people

Spiker

Well-Known Member
Messages
4,685
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
2.2 before i felt beeing low.
Pota that's a serious problem. You are losing hypo awareness. You need to loosen up your control. Let your average blood sugar come up. It is dangerous to lose hypo awareness.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 2 people

Hollister

Well-Known Member
Messages
62
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Diet only
Dislikes
Diabetes :p
Let your average blood sugar run a little higher for a while.
I find after i've been higher, my hypo awareness is alot better.

Gluco-gel, glucose tablets and things like that don't seem to work on me.

Best thing to do is drink some lucozade or a full-sugar fizzy drink with some carbs. I usually would have a cereal bar or some digestives.
 

noblehead

Guru
Retired Moderator
Messages
23,618
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
Dislikes
Disrespectful people
As CarbsRok says the fastest way is liquid glucose, Lucozade works fine as does those party size cans of full sugar Coke, you can also buy liquid glucose in the likes of Boots.
 

Spiker

Well-Known Member
Messages
4,685
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
If we are talking absolute fastest, my personal belief is that warm drinks are faster than cold. So a coke off the shelf is better than one out of the fridge. My theory is that the coldness can stall the stomach lining so it's less absorb..., absorpt.., er, absorby.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 4 people

SpikeThacker

Well-Known Member
Messages
79
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
i'm lead to believe by my wife who's a nurse, that gluco-gel is the fastest way to get the levels up, but as spiker said, you should re-evaluate you hypo awareness and let you blood sugars come up for a while, try and stay above 5 a least.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 4 people