My eighty year old mother, who is diabetic, laid down to take a nap. I woke her up for dinner and she was shivering uncontrollably. She stated that she could not get warm so I put an electric blanket on her and it did not help. I asked her to take her blood sugar level which was 83. She is currently on Metformin and she told me this morning her blood sugar was 80. I gave her some honey, should I be concerned?
Good morning, As we age and as you probably know, it becomes more difficult to retain our heat, particularly since the body temperature had already lowered from her being in a rested state. You did well by checking her blood sugar trend as a Chat Doctor.  Fructose will not raise the blood sugar quickly but glucose will. Glucose gel at the bedside for emergencies is good. Now, to answer your question of should you be concerned. No not at this point as I explained above. Keep her HY