Hypoglycemia in juvenile

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Avatar n tn They are absolutely wrong in saying that hypoglycemia cannot cause seizures. A very severe low like the one your son had CAN indeed cause seizures. And those seizures stop as soon as the blood sugar levels are normalized. Usually, some twitching of muscles, sometimes shaking hands, sometimes twitch to face, happens first, so watch for those symptoms. I would suggest that you look very carefully at his diet, avoiding all high-glycemic index foods and caffeine.
Avatar f tn This has happened once 2 years ago, I would get hungry or really hungry for that matter at work and i would get shakey internally, sometimes i'd get very warm (I have panic disorder aswell so some of these symptoms could be associated with that) As soon as I eat, 10 mins or so the shaking stops. Not all the time I can get up and go eat at work. But in the past 4 months it's happened three more times. I was just wondering if this could be hypoglycemia?
Avatar n tn Alcohol consumption in patients with diabetes poses them at a risk for both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. While the former is associated with worsening of diabetes the latter can be acutely dangerous. It can also increase the effect of hypoglycemic medication and pose a risk for pancreatitis associated with worsening diabetes and hence is best avoided in patients with diabetes. Hope this is helpful. Take care!
Avatar n tn He never had a problem with low blood sugars late at night or in the middle of the night until he married. The second night they were in their own apt., she had to call 911. In the past week when he tests his blood at bedtime it is in the normal range - he eats his bedtime snack and takes his usual dose of Novarapid and the NPH insulin. Within a half hour or so, she notices his abnormal behaviour and urges him to re-test. His blood sugar level is less than 2.
Avatar n tn If you are in the US or in one of the worldwide areas that has a branch of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), give them a call and ask them for a list of pediatric endocrinologists in your area. It is so very important that children with diabetes are cared for by specialists. Your GP sounds ill-informed about diabetes. Here are the symptoms of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) taken from a publically available page on the JDRF website (www.jdrf.
Avatar n tn I am a 29 yr.old woman with hypoglycemia.I eat like the dietician told me. I eat often and include protein and avoid sugar. I am healthy otherwise. I have had bloodwork for everything under the sun. I feel like I have low energy all the time. I used to dance constantly in my earlier 20's and lately when I dance I get tired more quickly. I feel like I have to keep eating to feel energetic. I don't exercise a lot,maybe that is why I feel tired.
Avatar n tn Have you been tested for hypoglycemia? Breaking out in a sweat is a common symptom of low blood sugar, and it is possible to pass out if the sugar levels get too low. Most healthy people find that their bodies fix the situation pretty quickly once the brain sends out signals for emergency sugars to be released from the liver, which would mean that the symptoms are temporary. So hypoglycemia spells could be the cause of passing out...
Avatar n tn hi there, you use different measures than we do in uk but juvenile diabetes starts with the blood sugars running extremly high pretty much all the time until insulin is commenced. there would also be ketones present. i think you should take your little one to the doctor for a thourogh physical, i dont think youll be able to relax about her otherwise.
Avatar n tn This type of hypoglycemia does not lead to diabetes.
Avatar n tn My almost three year old son has had two hypoglycemic episodes in the last two months ... One on 12/23 and one yesterday morning, both of which landed us in the ER ... The first time - in December - he had a pretty severe experience; he was virtually unconscious, and his blood sugar (glucose? forgive me, I'm still trying to keep the lingo straight) was 18 ...
Avatar n tn I am a high school student who has a brother with juvenile diabetes, diagnosed at the age of 6. I often do oral reports on the educating the public of Type 1 diabetes and I am to do my next oral report on the use of the glucagon emergency kit. My brother has had to use it a few times but we don't have any written material on it and I was hoping someone can direct me to the right place to get this information for my report.
Avatar f tn This is the forum for type 2 diabetes questions, high blood glucose or hyperglycemia issues/concerns. Please post on the Diabetes - Juvenile Type I forum to address your low blood glucose.
Avatar f tn Although I have no experience in Juvenile Kidney disease, I do have a dog who was diagnosed with early-stage kidney failure last October. We started her treatment and diet right away, and now her BUN and Creatinine levels -which were elevated -have come right down to normal. So tha does go to show that the earlier this disease is caught and treated, the better hope there is.
Avatar n tn Just as LRS stated, you guys will now be able to support each other in the best way possible. Good luck to both of you and keep us updated on your progress.
Avatar n tn If you find out that your little one does have diabetes, please contact your local branch/chapter of JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). JDRF was formed in the 1970s by parents of children with Type 1.
Avatar n tn In some patients, symptoms of hypoglycemia occur during fasting (fasting hypoglycemia). In others, symptoms of hypoglycemia occur after meals (reactive hypoglycemia). Drug-induced hypoglycemia is seen with the inadvertent or intentional overdose of insulin or oral medications used to lower blood glucose. Blood glucose-lowering pills and insulin are medications used to lower the abnormally high blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes mellitus.
10947 tn?1281404252 s comments in the current issue of Countdown magazine about night blood glucose testing in children with juvenile (type 1) diabetes have sparked considerable debate. The article and Yale's response can be found at: http://www.jdrf.org/nighttesting We would welcome hearing from forum visitors who would like to share their own experiences with night testing. Please post your comments here in this forum. Thank you all for your help.
Avatar n tn Hello. I'm not a medical professional, just the parent of a kid with diabetes. As a fasting blood glucose result, 80 is on the low end of the ok range, but it is in the ok range. If your daughter will develop diabetes, or just hypoglycemia, there is nothing known that you can do to prevent it. You can keep your family, daughter included, more healthy through exercise and a better diet with more fruits and grains, for example, but that won't stop hypoglycemia in your daughter.
Avatar n tn The tiredness over a long period of time could easily have been a symptom of hypoglycemia or diabetes, either of which would be made worse by the sugar in the alcohol. I would recommend a blood test ASAP. The passing out is of course dangerous, whether it be from low or high blood sugar. At this point, a glucose tolerance test should be done if a fasting blood sugar does not show diabetes. Frequently, hypoglycemics turn into type 2 diabetics as their pancreases continue to work overtime.
Avatar m tn Corrected visual acuity in best eye is 20/200++. Social Security has determined, although this equals the medical listing, it does not meet the criteria for statutory blindness. What does the "++" mean? I suspect this is what is preventing eligibility under Social Security's statutory blindness definition for visual acuity: "Remaining vision in the better eye after best correction is 20/200 or less." Thank you for your assistance.
Avatar n tn m also scheduled for an mri and eeg because i wake up in the middle of the night with extreme stomach pains, ringing ears, dizziness, and usually collapse or faint. i think that at one point i might have had a seizure. this is to test if i have new onset seizure and mesial temporal lobe sclerosis. despite all my tests, diabetes seems to fit more than any other possibility ive heard of so far and i have a gut feeling that i might have it.