Hypoglycemia unawareness signs
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she did mention one thing that concerns me, and hopefully is a warning to those not sure. If you experience hypoglycemia unawareness, she said you could lose your drivers license. While I had always been aware of this condition, and hopefully watchful, this did shake me up a bit.
Question I forgot to ask endo, and will definitely follow up on...at what point with levels are you supposed to "feel" symptoms? 70's? 60's?...
anyway, he now has hypoglycemic unawareness. It happens a lot during the night. He s doing a lot better about taking his BS more often but he is possibly still approximating the carb counts ( I think that may be where he is messing up occasionally). He also has seizures with the lows, not every time. I have to call the ambulance about once a month or once every 6 weeks. I have another son who lives two hours away and now has a baby.
When you notice unawareness of hypoglycemia happening, you need to raise your glucose levels enough to avoid ANY hypo episodes for a short period of time so that the body can re-program what the normal levels are. That period of time varies from study to study, but one study I read about suggested that the awareness symptoms could return in just 2 weeks without hypos.
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The article about the study on hypoglycemic unawareness was published in my hometown newspaper in 2001. I remember it so clearly because I was one of those diabetics with a real problem wtih hypoglycemic unawareness. I followed the suggestions and truly my warning symptoms are great now. I still of course have occasional lows -- I think that any type 1 diabetic under tight control risks occasional lows.
Hello. Wow, do you have a lot on your plate. I'm not a medical professional, just a parent of a kid with diabetes. From your description of your father, it sounds like he's progressed from a functioning adult to someone completely dependent on others to simply remain alive. He almost assuredly has severe hypoglycemic unawareness, you don't say whether he's been diagnosed with that or not.
t exactly sounding like hypoglycemia, but it could be (low blood sugar) and a simple meter test will tell you. Or else he is drinking when you are at work and using diabetes as an excuse.
My symptoms included a faster heart rate, confusion, foggy thinking, impaired judgement, and many others. From personal research I correlated my symptoms with hypoglycemia. At times, it was difficult to even walk in the university halls without feeling extremely faint. Social interactions were difficult as well as I felt irritable and highly anxious.
i keep having hypos without any warning signs. on the off chance i have tested my bm and it been 2-3. i have reduced my insulin but still have them. why arnt there any warning signs like the usual ones i used to get like for example light headed.
And also that ADA recommends that to also prevent low blood sugars, which i have had some severe ones myself lately and the last one i was brought to the local emergency room, and the ADA has in studies found that those who attempt to keep normal blood sugars have three times as many low blood sugars than a diabetic on a slightly looser regimen. Also having frequent lows can bring on hypoglycemia unawareness, where the diabetic has no physical warnings of an impending low.
The counselors all carry juice boxes in their fanny packs and know the signs of hypoglycemia. Plus I found out yesterday that one of the counselors is an EMT, so I am going to take my son's school glucometer to keep at camp from now on. We do have glucagon at home, but we also check him if there's the slighest indication he might be low. That's what makes this such a scary disease.
Your child probably does not have that problem. Hypo unawareness prevents the brain from telling the liver to dump its emergency stores of sugars -- this is why it is so dangerous.
Studies have shown that you can keep your child's warning symptoms working properly and you can actually RECOVER warning symptoms if you do several things. Some of this is addressed in the first excellent response.
Your note from the page about not being able to pay attention in school could be due to low blood sugar, hypoglycemia would occur whether animal or insulin insulin was used. As these are both insulin and designed for only one purpose to lower blood glucose.Human insulin doesn't have the allergic reactions that animal does.
My diabetic sister has come to live with me because of her hypo unawareness. I am noticing that sometimes onset of symptoms can start at 87, but sometimes lower.
What causes this variation?
I' am not a diabetic; I' am a hypoglycemic and everyday I experience fasting hypoglycemia upon waking. My morning blood glucose is between 25-30mg/dL and I always feel like crap, I only experience reactive adrenergic symptoms like, moderate hypertension, sweating, arrhythmia, headache, lightheadedness, shaking and nausea during the episode.
From what I understand initial low blood sugar symptoms (that is the feelings as your sugar drops, rather than the symptoms that come about after suffering low blood sugar over an extended time) are a hormonal response your body puts out to tell itself your sugar is dropping and to do something about it. Those initial signs - the shakiness, the disconnecting feeling (almost dream-like disconnect) sometimes cold sweat, etc, can result from other things as well.
From one who has had two low blood sugar car accidents and no longer drive what happened to your husband sounds just like a low blood sugar reaction to driving. It always pays to check your blood sugar before driving, especially where it seems your husband has hypoglycemia unawareness, or doesn't feel when his blood sugar goes low.
Really severe hypoglycemia can cause a person to completely pass out or lose control over muscles enough that you cannot get out of bed or walk. I have been there, done that, and it is terrifying. I keep a 6-oz. can of juice right by my bed at all times. It can just sit there, and won't go bad if not opened, but I know that if I wake up in bad shape, I can manage to pop the top and drink it even if severely low.
Hi, I have reactive hypoglycemia. One of the best websites to learn about hypoglycemia is reactivehypoglycemia.net. I don't think it's possible to grow out of hypoglycemia. I'm a teenager and I've had it since I was two or so. I really wish though!!
The only thing that ever has clued my son into feeling high is having his eyes feeling very tired, so when he feels this way, he tests and there are many times he was not high, just very tired. I can only imagine how frightening hypoglycemia unawareness is, as well as hypoglycemia in general.
Do you think that after many years of having diabetes, your hypoglycemia unawarenss has happened? (Sorry if I did not interpret you correctly)
We have had a change in docs in the past year, as well.
Hi, eddie. I'm not a medical professional, just the parent of a kid with diabetes. Has he ever considered changing his insulin regimen? NPH and regular Humilin are older therapies. Something like Lantus or Levemir as the long acting and something like Novolog or another fast acting insulin are much more common these days. They give more consistent coverage with fewer spikes. Does he have hypoglycemia unawareness? If he's getting down to 19, it sounds like he may.
I tell you this from personal experience and from lots of reading about hypoglycemia and research being done on this subject. The last time I got low while out, I bought a candy bar and ate it, forgetting to follow my own advice, and I was surprised at how long it took to 'kick in'. Juice is much better, and Gatorade even quicker than juice. If he is this low, the Gatorade is the best solution if he can drink it.
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