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According to World Health Organisation (W.H.O, 1999), diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder in which the body does not make effective use of its glucose (carbohydrate) sources. In the UK, as of 2013, an average of 4.6% of the UK population was diagnosed with diabetes. That amounts to about 3 million people of the UK’s population.

Diabetes mellitus is a term used to describe medical condition in which an individual continually experience high blood sugar. Although, there has been great success in controlling and treating diabetes mellitus, its success is limited by a side effect termed hypoglycaemia (Fowler, 2008). Hypoglycaemia; a condition known otherwise as low blood sugar, is a medical condition that should never be taken lightly. According to Diabetes UK, hypoglycaemia is defined as a medical condition in which the level of glucose in the human body is lower than normality (< 4mmol/l), thereby leading to inadequate reaching necessary cell (Diabetes UK, 2009).

Neglecting hypoglycaemia can be deadly. Therefore, it is vital that to educate both diabetic patients as well as health professionals about its causes, signs, symptoms, treatment and preventive measures, thereby raising awareness about hypoglycaemia. Diabetics doctors and their team must be educated and well informed about the risks involved in the medications they prescribe to their diabetic patients. These health professionals must be on guard at all times; first by being able to identify the various symptoms their patient may experience and secondly, be able to adequately identify what might have caused the side effect.

When hypoglycaemia un-awareness occurs, a person suffering from hypoglycaemia is unable to sense that they are experiencing one of the symptom...

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...s insightful pictures and diagrams and uses bullet points to direct readers to the main information. The leaflet was made in a way that each sections talks about a different aspect such as definition of hypoglycaemia, symptoms, how it can be treated, causes and the dos and don’ts. Overall, the leaflet looks appealing to sight while containing all relevant information.

Works Cited

Fouler, M. J. 2008. Hypoglycemia. CliniCal Diabetes, 26 (4), pp. 170 - 176. Available from: doi: 10.2337/diaclin.26.4.170.

Mandal, A. 2014. Hypoglycemic Unawareness. [online] Available at: http://www.news-medical.net/health/Hypoglycemic-Unawareness.aspx [Accessed: 22 Feb 2014].

World Health Organisation 1999. Definition, Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus and its applications (Part 1). Geneva: World Health Organisation, Department of non-communicable Disease Surveillance.