Within that last year alone there have been more than 145,000 new diagnosed diabetes cases in the UK. This increases the total number to about 2.6 million individuals who are affected with diabetes. Also with this increased rise in the number of new type 2 diabetes cases, there has also been an increase in people suffering from hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is a health problem where an individual has low blood sugar. The question at hand was what is the correlation between the rise in type 2 diabetes cases and increase in patients dealing with hypoglycemia?
A survey of 2,000 type 2 diabetes patients was taken, in which they were asked whether or not they had been feeling any of the symptoms of hypoglycemia, (drowsiness, lack of energy, and lethargy), about half of them said yes. Diabetes Uk also did another survey in which the results state that many type 2 diabetes patients might be on the wrong medications. They key to dealing with diabetes is to maintain the indiviuals blood sugar at a steady and healthy state. A high blood sugar level can cause future health issues, and a lower blood sugar level will cause hypoglycemia. It seems as if the medication that the patients were on has been causing the later of the two scenarios, hypoglycemia. One of the most popular type 2 diabetes drugs is sulphonylureas, which can lead to hypoglycemia. Doctors don't want to remove the patients of sulphonylureas until is has been shown that the medication is the direct cause of the hypoglycemia, or if it is the patient lifestyle.
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