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Hypoglycemia

My seven year old daughter has severe mood and energy swings which seem to be related to when and what she eats Her doctor suspects hypoglycemia and has asked that I monitor blood glucose levels with a home monitor, but I recently read they are not accurate and won’t really tell us much. What do you recommend be done to determine if she has hypoglycemia?

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A few times a month, I experience a sudden weakness in my whole body, a general feeling of apathy, coldness and a faster than usual heartbeat, and I always feel fine again by the time I have finished dinner. Do I have hypoglycemia?

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I am 67 years old, have had type 1 diabetes for 53 years, and over the years I have had many low blood sugars. My memory is getting weak. I realize brain cells burn out during these lows. What can I do?

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We have a boy scout troop, and have just gotten three 11 year old boys who have hypoglycemia. We are very active and find it hard to plan three meals and a snack a day let alone meals every three hours. We get a lot of complaints about what and how they eat, but no helpful information.

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I have heard about service dogs being used to alert people diabetes prone to nighttime or waking hypoglycaemia. Where can I find out more about this?

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Within a short time, two different families have told about the death of their type 1, early-teen sons, apparently from the “Dead in Bed” syndrome. Is there is anything at all that I can do to help reduce the risk of this syndrome in my child?

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I have one fifth grade student with type 1 diabetes who is on a pump. His very knowledgeable about his diabetes, but when his blood glucose is low, he becomes very angry, mean, and nasty. I try to insist but this makes him even angrier. Do I have the right to physically check his blood glucose even if I have to have help restraining him? What do you suggest?

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My friend has just been diagnosed with a severe case of hypoglycemia to the extent that she is unable to work because these spells occur many times throughout the day. Her appointment with an endocrinologist is not scheduled for several weeks. Are these symptoms normal for someone in her situation?

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My friend wants to know what precautions she can take if she and her husband, who has type 1 diabetes, should take with regard to seizures.

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My 10 year old son has been a type 1 diabetic for almost 2 years. Recently, he went into seizures from low blood sugars. Now I get up at 3:00 A.M. every morning to check his blood glucose. Is it possible that he could have suffered mild seizures from low blood glucose in his sleep before, and we never knew it?

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