Does Ariana Grande have hypoglycemia? Symptoms and treatment of the medical condition explored

While Ariana Grande has found significant success in her professional career, in her personal life, the singer-songwriter struggles with hypoglycemia, a health condition that causes the glucose in your blood to drop below acceptable levels, as reported by the Cleveland Clinic.

While it's not known how long the 7 Rings singer has had the condition, it was first brought to light when she was 21. In a 2014 interview with Billboard, Ariana Grande made her first public mention of hypoglycemia, saying:

"I'm hypoglycemic so sometimes I'll get anxious if I forget to eat. When I was a little girl, I would turn into the Tasmanian Devil."

It was the same year in which Grande released her sophomore studio album, My Everything, which peaked on the Billboard 200 albums chart by selling over 169,000 copies in its very first week.

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Hypoglycemia is highly common in people with Diabetes

The Cleveland Clinic notes that hypoglycemia is a common diagnosis in those who suffer from diabetes, especially type 1 diabetes. In people who don't have diabetes, this condition is rare, as is the case with Ariana Grande.

The symptoms of a hypoglycemic episode can vary from person to person; it can even vary from episode to episode. The signs of these episodes broadly include weakness, shaking or trembling, increased heart rate, sudden, extreme hunger, chills and sweat, blurred vision, and slurred speech.

The onset of an episode can also make one irritable, anxious, confused, and unable to concentrate and coordinate. Some patients have also suffered hypoglycemic episodes in their sleep (called nocturnal hypoglycemia).

As hypoglycemia ranges from moderate to severe in degree, measures of treatment/management vary accordingly. A mild episode can be managed by consuming fast-acting carbs as food or drinks. However, a severe hypoglycemic episode requires the use of emergency glucagon. This can be administered either as an injection or a dry nasal spray.

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Ariana Grande opened up about suffering PTSD following the Manchester Bombing

Beyond the physical condition of hypoglycemia, Ariana Grande has also suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in her life. The mental condition was triggered in Grande back in 2017, when a bombing took place at one of her shows in Manchester, which ended up claiming 22 lives, and leaving many others injured.

While Ariana was unharmed physically in the tragic bombing incident, it left a deep impact on her mental health. In June 2018, when the Thank U, Next singer appeared on the cover of British Vogue, she opened up about dealing with PTSD in her interview. Grande addressed how it felt difficult to talk about a tragedy that so many other people had suffered more in, saying:

"It's hard to talk about because so many people have suffered such severe, tremendous loss. But, yeah, it's a real thing,"

The singer-songwriter further said:

"I know those families and my fans and everyone there experienced a tremendous amount of it as well. Time is the biggest thing. I feel like I shouldn't even be talking about my own experience — like I shouldn't even say anything. I don't think I'll ever know how to talk about it and not cry."

Elsewhere in the interview, when Ariana Grande was asked about anxiety, she replied that she believed a lot of people had it, further adding:

"I've always had anxiety. I've never really spoken about it because I thought everyone had it, but when I got home from tour it was the most severe I think it's ever been."

Grande then went on about how her anxiety following the bombing had pushed her into workaholism, with the singer coming into her studio a day after she returned from the long world tour.

More recently, when Ariana Grande was targeted online for having lost significant weight as she filmed for Wicked, the singer-actress took to TikTok to address all the online comments being made about her. In the video, Grande said:

“The body that you’ve been comparing my current body to was the unhealthiest version of my body. I was on a lot of antidepressants and drinking on them and eating poorly."

She went on to admit:

"I know I shouldn’t have to explain that. But I do feel like maybe having an openness and some sort of vulnerability here, good might come from it.”

It has been a little over a year since Ariana Grande's video in which time she has already finished shooting for the movie and now awaits its theatrical release in November.