If sweet fruit or extra sugar does not increase the blood sugar then why sugar is given to a hypoglycemic patient to raise immediately his/her blood glucose.

Dr. Prabhakar Laxman JatharEndocrinologist46yrs exp

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lybrate-user, Thanks for the query. Please let me know where did you get this information that sweet fruits or etra sugar does not increase blood glucose? In a normal person with presence of adequate insulin, extra glucose that comes in to blood is immediately removed from the blood, moved to muscles or various cells like tissue cells or liver. But is a diabetic person lack of insulin leads to abnnormal increase in blood glucose due to lack of insulin. When drugs are given to control high blood glucose, some drugs (sulphonylureas), insulin etc can rapidly reduce the blood glucose leading to hypoglycemia. In such a situation either glucose or sweets or sugar are given to rapidly incrase blood glucose. Low blood glucose (<50 mg/100 ml) is harmful to various tssues and brain. Thanks.  

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