Jakarta –
Traveling long distances when going home can trigger the condition of blood sugar levels dropped dramatically or called hypoglycemia. This is how to overcome it.
Homecoming is a popular Lebaran tradition in Indonesia. The community flocked back to their hometowns to celebrate the holiday with family.
The distance traveled during the homecoming is not half-hearted, reaching hundreds to thousands of kilometers. As a result, a person is at risk of feeling hungry, dazed, and even trembling.
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This condition can occur when the body is tired due to traveling while fasting, which causes blood sugar to decrease dramatically.
“The name is hypoglycemia. This is a low condition of blood sugar in the body. The main cause can be less eating or for people with diabetes due to excessive consumption of diabetes drugs,” Rudy said in a written statement, Tuesday (2/4).
Symptoms of hypoglycemia can indeed interfere with the homecoming journey. Because the symptoms that arise can make the body really unhealthy. The symptoms are for example:
– Nervous
– trembling
– The heart beats fast
– A cold sweat
– Hungry
– Dizzy
– Linglung
How to prevent it?
How to overcome it according to Rudy is actually quite easy. Hypoglycemia is closely related to decreased blood sugar pressure. Therefore the easiest way is to increase the sugar levels in the body.
“Eat sweet foods and drinks. If the symptoms are already severe, you should break the fast as soon as possible, even though it’s not time to break the fast,” Rudy said.
For more details, here are two ways that can be done if you experience a daze until shaking the sign of hypoglycemia while on the way homecoming:
1. Just eat
If you decide to keep fasting during the homecoming trip, make sure to meet the needs of eating and drinking when breaking and dawn.
“Also choose food rich in nutrition, avoid fast food,” he said.
2. immediately eat and drink sweetly when symptoms appear
If the body has begun to show signs of hypoglycemia. Starting from dizziness, trembling, to restless, directly consuming sweet drinks.
“You can choose juice or sweet tea to raise down sugar levels. But make sure the amount is not excessive. Don’t forget to consult with a doctor, especially for people with diabetes who will go home,” he said.
This article has been aired on CNN Indonesia with the title “This is how to deal with hypoglycemia when going home, anti -hungry and trembling”
(Yms/adr)
