Question

Why do we need to take glucose drip

Answer 1

Glucose is a simple sugar and circulate in the blood as a blood sugar. It is the simplest and the purest form of energy. It uses no energy from the body when it is ingested because it requires no digestion.There are certain situations when glucose is used which include:

When a patient is very weak, severly injured to point they can't take food, and when they can't spare energy for the digestion process. In this conditions it is directly dispensed into the bloodstream as glucose IV.

There are two types of glucose drips that are given to paients:

1. There is one given to patients that have undergone major surgery which renders them incapable of taking solid foods.

2. A patient that is hypoglycemic which means they suffer from low blood sugar, that is when the blood sugar has dropped below the average level.

3. When a patient has lost blood through an accident, they are given glucose until the body recovers and is able to produce blood again.