Let us have a look at the symptoms of hypoglycaemia. The symptoms may vary depending on the dropping of low the blood sugar level.  Mild hypoglycaemia does cause nausea, a jittery or nervous feeling, cold and clammy skin, sweating, hunger, and a rapid heartbeat.  While at the same time, moderate hypoglycaemia can result in making you feel irritable, anxious, or confused. Blurred vision, feel unsteady, and have difficulty walking are also symptoms of moderate hypoglycaemia.

Severe hypoglycaemia can cause loss of consciousness, seizures, and coma.

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The hypoglycaemia is diagnosed by physical examination, and tests to check blood sugar levels. Generally, if a blood test shows that the patient has low blood sugar and symptoms of hypoglycaemia that go away after you eat carbohydrate such as sugar; it simply means that you are affected by it. While making a medical history, the doctor will ask about symptoms that occur often, what brings them on, and how long they last. The patient will also be asked if any medicines are taken be him and if he had gained or lost weight in recent time.
A physical examination will also help the doctor in looking for the cause of the symptoms.

The laboratory tests to confirm low blood sugar will give the doctor an exact idea of the disease.  Although, it would be best to do these tests when the symptoms start appearing, it is not possible always.  As a part of the treatment for a sudden (acute) episode of hypoglycaemia, the patient will have to consume some form of sugar to restore the blood sugar to a normal level. Episodes of hypoglycaemia caused by a long-term (chronic) health condition are treated the same way. But prevention of future episodes does require treatment or cure of the long-term condition that is causing the hypoglycaemia.

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Cutting the popular belief of diet habits, the scientists in US has come forward with an argument that when the brain doesn’t sense enough gratification from food, people will hog more over the food.
According to Dr Eric Stice, a senior scientist at the Oregon Research Institute, who led the study, the more blunted the response will be, the more are the chances of chances of gain weight. It is the healthy diet and the exercise that decide whether someone is overweight. But scientists have put forward an argument that genes too have a role in deciding obesity. Dopamine, the brain chemical that’s key to sensing pleasure also has a role in deciding the weight of a particular person.

Eating does boost dopamine levels temporarily. The studies have revealed that obese have fewer dopamine receptors in their brains than lean people. A particular gene version, called Taq1A1, is linked to fewer dopamine receptors.

As per the words of Dr. Nora Volkow of the National Institutes of Health, a dopamine specialist who has long studied the obesity link, the functioning of the brain do have a big role in deciding the food and causing obesity. The study by Stice’s team has figured out the immediate reactions of the brain to food.

Brain scanning showed that a key region called the dorsal striatum which is a dopamine-rich pleasure centre becomes active while tasting the milkshake, but not when the comparison liquid mimicked saliva is tasted. The study says that the brain region in overweight people is far less active than in lean people, and in those who carry that A1 gene variant.

This study shows that dopamine is not just about pleasure, but it also plays a role in conditioning and in the ability to control impulses. Now next time, when you are out to buy yummy food, remember, you are going to put weight.

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