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Hypoglycemia

My 10 year old was just diagnosed with hypoglycemic episodes. What can I expect for her future? Can this be controlled with diet? Will she outgrow this? Will it worsen to type 1 diabetes?

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My 16 year old son has had Type 1 diabetes since age 4. Can a low blood sugar of 30 cause him to act in a drunk stage and become violent?

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What result would you consider to be hypo and hyperglycaemia?

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Our 6 year old daughter has been complaining of shakiness for weeks now. My husband is a 30 year who has Type 1 diabetes. Finally, we insisted we check her sugar today and it was 27 just before lunch, 40 just before dinner. They say hypoglycemia is unusual in children. What would this be?

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My daughter, age 11, has had Type 1 diabetes for two years now. For the last few months, she has been dropping very low at night and waking up with high blood sugars (rebounding). Why is this happening and how can it be prevented?

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My 7 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes almost 2 months ago. He has been doing well overall. He goes low an average of 5-6 times per week. He feels his lows probably half the time. Is his threshold for feeling the effects of a low just lower than most?

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My mother has had diabetes mellitus for about eight months. She has had more than four hypos in a week and a half. Should I take her to the doctor? What’s wrong with her?

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My 17 month old daughter has had two episodes of shaking in the past two months. A a random glucose was 55 mg/dl [3.1 mmol/L], and the doctor just wants to continue to monitor it without any further intervention, but I am concerned. Is 55 mg/dl [3.1 mmol/L] too low? What if this happened during the night, and I was not aware her sugar level had dropped?

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I have hypoglycemia caused by a damaged pancreas, and although I have normal blood sugar levels most of the time, I am low in the morning every day! I eat a snack (yogurt or raisins) before I go to bed, but I am still low only during this time.

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I am a nurse and am raising three grandchildren, one of whom has severe hypoglycemia, and I have several questions.

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