hypoglycemia the disease your doctor won't treat

Hi Airedale: My name is Roberto and I', 29 years old. I live in Chihuahua, Mexico and also suffer from hypoglycemia (without diabetes). I have been doing lots of research and I hope we can help eachother. I just had a 5 hrs. glucose tolerance test and in two ocassions my blood sugar dropped to 41 mg/dL (2.27 mmol/dL). I am having a hard time to get a good doctor who can help me with this problem.

The way to begin to treat your hypoglycemia is to work with your doctor to find the underlying cause. Treating the cause will help to treat the hypoglycemia. I hope this helps.

I assume that the test you referred to was for TSH. That would be consistent with the doctor saying you were hyper t. With your many symptoms, and seemingly low metabolism, I am surprised if the doctor has not done any further testing. It sure sounds like that wold be in order. For the next step, I would insist that further testing is needed for free T3 and free T4 (not total T3 and total T4), along with TSH. This will give you a much more complete picture of your thyroid function.

The other term for Reactive Hypoglycemia is postprandial hypoglycemia. It is no longer diagnosed using the glucose tolerance test due to the number of severe reactions. I hope this helps.

What is the relation between hypoglycemia, the thyroid, and diabetes? i have been more and more experiencing shaky spells and feeling faint... then i will eat a ...piece of fruit, or something, and a warm calming sensation comes over my body and i feel find. my family history indicatets thyroid problems, but my last t test came back normal, do people with hypoglycemea get diabetes later in life?

The longer you are on the diet the better you feel. If your mom feels better it is very likely this is what she suffers from. Medication is very important also. Metformin helps your body to become more sensitive to insulin, in-turn your body will start utilizing your glucose. My diet alone wasn't fixing the problem but it helped. If she needs help let me know.

The first thing which strikes me is your Lipitor regime. I assume you are taking 20mg in the morning and 20mg in the evening? This is really pointless. Lipitor is well known to work while you are sleeping, because the Liver makes most cholesterol at this time. Other statin brands can be taken at any time, probably because they sit in the blood for longer or something, but Lipitor strictly instruct you to take in the evening.

But then NO doctor would treat me further since they think that is the cure all number of treatment days. I found a lyme doctor to treat me and have been slowly improving. In addition to lyme, I am being treated for babesia and bartonella - both also carried by ticks and are the two TBD associated with the symptoms you mention. Seek a lyme doc opinion asap! Docs- Please change Lyme (not plural) disease to Tickborne Disease (TBD) and get educated on these widespread diseases.

However, keep the rheumie as part of your health care team, which might include an endocrinologist for your hypoglycemia, a qualified naturopath to guide your supplement choices, a nutritionist, an acupuncturist, a massage therapist, etc. Whatever you do, please, please don't try to treat yourself based on what you find out on the web or in any one book. Going the natural route isn't easy, it's a lot harder than letting the doctor make all the decisions for you.

t properly match the food carbs I ate), the eyes feel dry and vision CAN change temporarily. The eye muscles and other muscles don't have the glucose they need to perform properly, and so I find that my eyes can get somewhat blurry temporarily because they cannot focus and because they are dry (eyes need the moisture of the tears). But this IS temporary, and when glucose levels return to normal, the vision clears up quickly.

Then make sure you get an A1C test, not just a fasting blood sugar test. The A1C tests all your glucose for the last couple months, not just one moment.

To answer your question, hypoglycemia happens in the moment. At the time of an episode, prolonged (continued dropping of blood sugars)can cause the symptoms you read on the website and if not treated with fast-acting sugar can then cause loss of consciousness. This is why it is very important to always carry glucose with you. The "seizures or loss of consciousness" you are referring to would be an extreme insulin reaction.

Those of us who answer these questions are not doctors, but are either type 1 diabetics or parents of type 1 diabetics, so we are not qualified to give you medical answers. However, we CAN suggest that you insist that your daugther be seen by not only a regular pediactrician, but also a pediatric endocrinologist.

You probably should be tested for hypoglycemia just to find out if this is part of the problem. If the problem is indeed vasovagal syncope, then the treatment for that condition won't touch any additional problems with hypoglycemia. So hypoglycemia probably should be ruled out so it does not complicate the issue.

I was also prescribed Lexapro, Lamictal, and Welbutrin for dystymia and anxiety. I recently taperd off the Lexapro. I now have all the symptoms of hypoglycemia: tingling in lips (its constant, no break) and dizziness at just the slightest turn of the head, heart rate that is averaging 100 beats per minute (this has been constant not in little bursts for about three days now), and tightness in the chest/lung area, slight muscular type pain during deep breathing (also for about 5 days now).

Or if these drugs affect the endocrine system, for if your adrenalin levels have been lowered by these drugs, hypoglycemia could be an result (adrenalin tends to raise glucose levels, so lowering adrenalin and cortisol could cause glucose levels to drop). The endocrine system is amazingly complex, so affects on the body can be surprising at times.

Shaky hands can be due to stress and anxiety, too much consumption of caffeine or alcohol, low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), autoimmune disease like multiple sclerosis, thyroid disorders, nerve compression in the spinal area, and liver disease. I think you should discuss these possibilities with your doctor. It is difficult to comment beyond this without examining. A comprehensive investigation is required keeping all the points in mind. Hope this helps. Take care!

This confusion is common, for the medications that most people are put on to treat diabetes can cause hypoglycemia if overdosed or if the patient delays a meal or perhaps does not eat the usual amount of carbohydrates in a normal meal. So diabetics can and do suffer from hypoglycemia.

In situations of pre-diabetes, we often hear that people have bouts of hypoglycemia. This happens when the glucose levels start to rise too much and the person's body over-compensates by producing too much insulin. Many hypoglycemic folks eventually do end up being diabetic after the pancreas wears itself out and is no longer able to lower those glucose levels. Most doctors recommend a diet fairly low in carbohydrates to avoid stimulating the already over-active pancreas.

I think this is probably the one that may change your habits the most -- the idea is to treat any low (even mild ones) ASAP before the body has a chance to seek the emergency sugars stored in the liver. So, if your child is low just before a meal, don't just feed him quickly, but give him a half cup of juice to get some glucose in his system immediately and then feed him his normal meal minus the carbs in the juice.

Many who suffer from hypoglycemia have polycystic disease of the ovary associated with insulin resistance. Increased insulin levels can cause hypoglycemia. Excessive alcohol intake, hepatitis, kidney disease, certain medications, disorders of adrenal gland etc can all cause hypoglycemia. It can also be caused by poor eating patterns. Rarely is it caused by insulin secreting tumors called insulinomas.

org/diseases-conditions/diabetic-hypoglycemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20371525 - but the swelling could indicate a circulation problem. This needs to be checked out immediately. Have them call the doctor today. I know it's hard when finances are an issue. A lot of pharmaceutical companies offer assistance programs, so maybe that can help offset some problems.

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