In the hypoglycaemic state, some patients will also feel numbness in different parts of the body. Tingles, pins, and needles in the arms and legs, or numbness (medically known as paresthesias) can be transitory and non pathophysiologic or, on the other hand, be a manifestation of disease or hypoglycemia. Patients describe paresthesias in different ways. It can be a peculiar experience of sensation in the hands and feet, associated with a burning sensation or prick. The patient is often not in pain, but the sensation is definitely unpleasant and takes away the use of the body. Patients find it difficult to move the limbs in which they feel numbness. In the event of low blood sugar, the numbness around the mouth can also be seen.
Common neurological symptoms include tingling and other odd sensations in the body. These atypical symptoms are indicative of dysfunction obstructing sensory pathways from some point along the peripheral sensory nervous system up to the sensory cortex. Glucose is an important energy component for the human brain, and therefore, tightly regulated glucose metabolism is essential for the brain's normal functioning. Hence, in case of too high or, in this case, too low sugar level, several types of disorders occur, including sensory disorders, as disorders of sensory functions are characterized by various abnormalities in the reception or transmission to the brain of information about stimuli reaching the body.
