00:01 So let's go over those symptoms. 00:02 What am I going to start feeling in the beginning? Start feel real edgy, kind of anxious, and there any way to have a headache remember their brain is being starved, now seizures is a later sign. 00:13 This is when it's gotten very very severe. 00:16 Early on they might be kind of confused, they might not be able to make released solid decisions. 00:21 They might recognize something is wrong, but they just don't have good problem-solving skills, and we have some neuro changes, coma is obviously on the other end of that spectrum. 00:33 So when we're looking at symptoms of hypoglycemia, the milder it is it's going to look like anxiety or headache kind of confused. 00:42 As it progresses, you're going to start to see the neuro changes, changes in level of consciousness, seizures, or coma. 00:50 So keep in mind, it is on a continuum and it's not the same. 00:54 We could line up three clients and some are very very sensitive to low blood sugar others are not. 01:00 So it's important that the patient know their normals. 01:03 Now palpitations, I would do that really fast on my chest, but I know what that would do to the sound on your end but palpitations is a heart racing. 01:13 They're going to feel that because the body is sensing, Hey, hey, hey, hey, we're in trouble. 01:17 We need more energy. 01:19 So it's trying to stimulate that sympathetic nervous system to signal dump out stored energy. 01:26 That's why their heart is racing. 01:28 Now they can feel kind of nauseating because that just goes a long with low blood sugar. 01:33 Nothing feels right. 01:34 They've got the sweating and the Tremors because they're all jacked up their body is energy starved and that's how it responds.
The lecture Hypoglycemia: Symptoms (Nursing) by Rhonda Lawes, PhD, RN is from the course Diabetes Type 1 and 2: Complications and Symptoms (Nursing).
Which is an early symptom of hypoglycemia? Select all that apply.
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