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Hypoglycemia

We have twin boys who are 6 weeks of age.They sometimes sleep six to seven hours at night. We were advised to wake them at five hours until they are two months of age to prevent hypoglycemia. Should we follow this doctor’s advice?

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My son has never had good control with dramatic blood glucose numbers swings from 25 to 450 in the same day. What causes him to lose consciousness and have a grand-mal seizure at around 5:00 am even when his number is 84?

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My son was diagnosed with ketotic hypoglycemia when he was 11 months old. His doctor recently suggested that he may have a rare metabolic disorder. Can you shed any light on what the disorder may be called? The doctor said it involved a lack of ability for the liver to process protein into sugar.

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My child had type 1 diabetes which developed during his third year. In many cases, although he has eaten much food containing much quantity of sugar and his psychological state is very good, the rate of the sugar lowers.

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What do you do when your blood sugars are low, and you have high ketones?

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When my seven year old son was first diagnosed, he would start having symptoms of being low at around 56-60 mg/dl [3.1-3.3 mmol/L]. Now sometimes he gets down to 40 mg/dl [2.2 mmol/L] before he feels anything, and sometimes he says he feels low, but when a he is 107 mg/dl [5.9 mmol/L]. What would cause him to act this way?

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Are there thermogenic effects from hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia?

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A sandwich gives me a “spike” in my blood sugar, but the same amount of carbohydrate in pasta does not. I want to know the approximate difference in the time it will take to become hypoglycemic after eating high versus low glycemic foods as this information would help me avoid becoming hypoglycemic at night.

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I have had type 1 diabetes for 21 years, I have trouble recognizing when I am low and twice this year have woken up in the emergency room. I am concerned about my health, especially after waking up in the emergency room after an episode at work, and I fear that I am falling into a depression. Do you have any suggestions?

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My 11 year old son had a seizure while taking his morning shower. I immediately checked his blood sugar, while he was still seizing, and it was 75 mg/dl [4.2 mmol/L] so I did not administer glucagon. Could this have been a hypoglycemic seizure?

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