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A friend of yours is suffering from symptoms such as dizziness, irritability, and hunger. In fact, your friends’ blood sugar levels seem to be under 70mg/dL. With this information please answer the following questions: does your friend have low or high blood sugar levels (1), what type of glycemia does your friend have (1), name the organ, cells, and hormone responsible for stabilizing your blood sugar levels (3), and finally what other actions do you recommend your friend do to help (1)?
My friend is having low blood sugar levels
1.This condition is called hypoglycemia.
2. The organ, cells, and hormone responsible for stabilizing your blood sugar levels-
organ - Pancreas (Islets of langerhans)
cells - alpha cell, beta cell
hormones - glucagon, insulin
Glucagon coverts stored glycogen in liver & muscle cells to glucose in blood in case of low blood sugar as in this case it will be required to stabilize the blood sugar of my friend.
Insulin convert the excess glucose in blood to glycogen in glycogen in liver & muscle cells.
3. recommended actions to help my friend -
a. to drink of fast acting carbohydrate such as glucose or fruit juice
b. carry some sugar tablets in case of repurcusion of hypoglycemia.
c. do not skip meals and take water regularly