how low does your glucose have to be in order to eat a snack and how many carbs can the snack total?

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Please only those knowledgeable in diabetes answer this question.
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This is a question that YOUR doctor should be answering for YOU. There are more considerations than how you feel or what your meter reads. Depending on what your treatment is, what type of diabetes you have, what you're using to control your diabetes, age, health. all of these should be considered when deciding what is a low and when it should be treated. Someone who is in poor health, living alone and/or insulin senstitive might need to treat a low at higher levels than others. Some people will not be able to feel lows, become hypoglycemic unaware, or some can't distinquish between lows and highs. With that said, the most common approach to those experiencing hypoglycemic symptoms and below their target glucose levels is to eat 15 grams of carbs, wait 15 minutes, check glucose again. If it's within exceptable range stop, if not eat another 15 grams and check in another 15 minutes. The carbs you eat should come from pure carb sources, like glucose tabs, juice, regular pop. If you're having a lot of lows you should call your doctor immediately. Your treatment needs to be adjusted.

the dr has told me normal for me and i am diabetic is 90-130 if it goes below 90 i chew 1 glucose tablet and an hour later i check my sugar again and it always goes up some ppl drink juice eat a cookie or something with sugar in it to raise thier level

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