Insulin will help you to keep your blood sugar within limits which are good for your health.

1. 7 mmol/l 4 mmol/l Insulin will help you to keep your blood sugar within limits which are good for your health.

2. 7 mmol/l 4 mmol/l With insulin it may happen that your blood sugar falls below the lower limit of 4 mmol/l (72 mg/dl), a condition known as hypoglycaemia = lowsugarin the blood. Usually people with diabetes call it in short hypo.

3. Irritability Sweating It is a condition you will feel, because your body will alarm you that it is short of fuel. You may feel sweaty, hungry, dizzy, nervous, lose concentration, with shaking hands or blurred vision… Dizziness Handshaking

4. … and you have immediately to take sugar (3-4 lumps or 3 teaspoons) or a glass of coke or juice. If after 15 minutes you feel that your blood sugar is still low, take extra sugar. Always carry sugar with you.

5. You may avoid hypo if you do not omit or delay meals or snacks. Always take carbohydrates when you drink alcohol.

6. You may avoid hypo if you do not omit or delay meals or snacks. Always take carbohydrates when you drink alcohol.

7. Take extra carbohydrate (2 buiscuits, a sandwich, minimars bar) when you will have moderate or heavy exercise.

8. Regular testing of your blood sugar will guide you how to adjust your insulin to keep your blood sugar in the healthy range and will decrease the risk of hypoglycaemia.