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As we know, the symptoms of low blood sugar can be misleading to the diagnostician. Often of more significance than a list of symptoms are the pattern of cause and the time of onset of symptoms. One patient, Mr A, may experience headaches when reading or watching television, while another patient, Mr B, may develop headaches only in the early morning or when he drinks certain types of wine. In the case of Mr A, he may well have eyestrain, but Mr B could be suffering from low blood sugar.

Fatigue at the end of the day may be caused by overwork, anaemia or a variety of ailments. Fatigue on rising, which improves towards the end of the day, offers a strong clue to the possible diagnosis of low blood sugar. A subjective evaluation is never easy, for unless one is familiar with the diagnostic value of symptom patterns, it is very difficult to diagnose one’s own problems.

One of the chief characteristics of low blood sugar sufferers is the combination of physical and mental symptoms coupled with considerable variation in the symptoms. Sometimes the patient may feel on top of the world; at other times he or she may feel exhausted and depressed for no apparent reason. Remember, we are not dealing with a predictable organic disease such as arthritis or anaemia, but an imbalance in the nervous, circulatory, digestive and endocrine systems. Therefore any symptoms may be the expression of a great number of interrelating and fluctuating causes. These causes can include diet, emotional state, menstruation, time of day, stress, fatigue, the side effects of drugs and many other factors.