Hypoglycemia unawareness seizure
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Also have you ever heard of having a seizure and then the BS registers 130 after the seizure. No one was here with him the other day when this happened and when my daughter in law came in she took his BS and it was 130. He was talking but was very sore muscles and a headache, so we assumed it was a seizure because he had not been ansxering the phone. Also after this one he was very confused for 5 or 6 hours. I was two hours away and was frantic.
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?...
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.
t find any epileptic tenancies and since it was only one seizure to not worry about it. I know hypoglycemia can cause seizures, but is it likely and what tests can we request from the doctors to try to confirm this (he has tried a fasting blood test of 12 hours and it came back fine)?
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Onto my question. A couple of weeks ago, I was taken to the hospital by ambulance secondary to a "low blood sugar seizure." I have no recollection of a four hour period before I went to sleep, and then 3 hours after I was found seizing and taken to the emergency room.
My son, who just turned 10, was diagnosed almost 4 years ago. My husband and I routinely test him during the night. This was because one time a few years ago, he just happened to be sleeping in our bed. His blood sugar plunged and he started having a seizure. My son's endo completely disagrees with our nighttime testing, but it gives me a lot of peace of mind and I actually sleep better.
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.
but will hypoglycemia always show up on a blood test? because when she has had her blood tested, it has been at times when she feels fine. no docto has even brought up a the possibility of hypoglycemia or diabeties or anything. but I just have this feeling the seizures are from her sugar or salt levels spiking sometimes. she often complains of feeling dizzy and gets headaches.
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.
Some seizures can cause damage to the brain, hyperthermia (which can effect all organs of the body), can cause additional trauma, can cause cardiovascular abnormalities (abnormal heart function). If the seizure is due to an insulinoma, for example, the hypoglycemia that the insulinoma causes can be life threatening, if untreated.
Since your dog did not lost consciousness or seize, her epilepsy may not cause her any problems.
When he went to the kitchen for juice, he let out a scream and collapsed and began to have a seizure. The paramedics came and we got his blood sugar up with orange juice mixed with sugar and an IV, he spent 6 hours in the emergency room. My questions are #1 did he have any pain when he screamed out? He doesn't remember anything and even though I think I handled the situation, I was terrified. #2 How can we avoid this from ever happening again?
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.
s symptoms which began recently could be diabetes. Initially I thought of epilepsy but now not so sure. He had an inital seizure a few weeks ago after a night with no sleep. He said he felt weird, his eyes rolled back and he began to convulse. Not sure how long that lasted. Since then he has been fine till yesterday and today he has said he felt dizzy and thought he may be going to have a seizure again. Today he said he felt "drunk" and then he ate his sandwich and he was ok.
s why I think i may have hypoglycemia. I think my fear of seizures while having my panic attacks comes from me knowing that hypoglycemia can cause seizures. I also occasionally see a little sparkly spot in my vision, and sometimes i see weird kind of sparkly diamond-like patterns when i wake up. My panic always starts anywhere around about 8:30am to 10:30am while i am in school, and lasts anywhere from about 10 minutes to like half an hour. Fresh air and snacks help.
m being told there is NO WAY POSSIBLE that hypoglycemia can cause a seizure. I need real advice from someone. They want to lable him as epiletic. Can someone give me advice!
The yelping before hand might make you wonder if there is something hurting him that could be causing the seizure, something inside him that the approaching seizure triggers causing him pain, or if it just his way of responding to the approaching seizure? In Idiopathic Epilepsy the vocalizations prior to the seizure are said to be involuntary and not painful.
http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-angels.com/CanineEpil.htm
The drinking afterward could possibly be diabetic related.
It could be epilepsy, but the fact that, from the way you mentioned it, the head banging somewhat woke you up does not point toward a seizure because usually when you come out of a seizure, you are confused, extremely tired, and sore. Also, you wouldn't be able to be woken up from the head banging. Although, the fact that the shower nob held up your head by hair would be suspicious of something more than fainting...
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.
See a doctor to rule out hypoglycemia. Severe hypoglycemia can cause seizures. So can diabetes. The weird taste in her mouth may be ketoacidosis.Your daughter should get checked for these sort of insulin/blood sugar-related disorders, as well as epilepsy to see whether they are co-morbid, or only epilepsy or something else entirely.
I`m not a doctor, but recently I´ve been doing a lot of reading on the topic and still learning a lot. I know that untreated or uncontroled hypertension and heart conditions as arytmia can be factors of danger of stroke. The seizure is also an alarm you should pay attention too if you aren´t epileptic. If you have a family historu of stroke it is another factor of danger.
Do yourself a great favor and visit a neurologist right away...
about 3 weeks ago i had my first seizure. my fiance took me to the er and they did a CT scan and found a 9 by 4 mm calcium deposit on the right side of my brain. they sent me to a dr that ordered an MRI and EEG test. they have yet to cLl me with the results so i have been doing my own research. going by what my fiance said about the seizure ( i dont remember any of it at all ) that i had, i ahd a grand mal seizure.
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