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Do you feel a little blue or down from time to time? Feeling down or blue for long periods of time, (lasting more than two weeks) is a serious problem. If this happens to you, full-blown clinical depression has set in, and treatment is needed.

The symptoms of depression are many. Some of the most common are: feeling down, fatigue, unexplained aches and pains, excessive sleeping or insomnia, feeling overwhelmed, feelings of hopelessness. Other symptoms might be a marked change in appetite, loss of energy, headaches, a diminished interest in things previously enjoyed, difficulty focusing or concentrating, and more.

Depression can be very mild or very severe and can lead to suicide — even in a person who feels that suicide is wrong. Depression does not occur only when there is a “visible” reason for it. Depression can even occur due to a chemical imbalance in the brain.

Hypoglycaemia is the term applied when the glucose levels in the blood are low. In diabetics, because, diabetes is raised levels of blood sugar, hypoglycaemia can occur because of medication bringing sugar levels too low.

Glucose is what gives the body energy, and is absorbed by the cells of the body. Insulin is the gatekeeper to the body’s cells, being the hormone that lets the glucose into the cells. When a person has no insulin, as in type 1 diabetes, no energy is provided to the body.

In type 2 diabetes, the person is “insulin resistant” and needs either drugs to make the insulin the body generates work harder, or extra insulin to allow the glucose to be properly absorbed.

Although your doctor will have prescribed drugs and perhaps insulin to combat high levels of blood sugar, it is not a precise science. Exercising or missing a meal for example can cause your blood sugars to drop dramatically, resulting in a “hypo”.

Even if antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) and good therapeutic care for pregnant women are accessible, new infection for children are common. African-American babies are much more likely to be infected than babies of other races. A lot of children with HIV were born to mothers who also have the infection; while others received a transfusion of contaminated blood. In the developed countries, blood for transfusions is monitored and most pregnant women are receiving ARVs. Infected mothers can transmit HIV to their newborns; and this occurs if mothers do not acquire sound medical care while in pregnancy. It also takes place where ARVs are not accessible, or where blood transfusions are not constantly screened.