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Hypoglycemia

I have a diabetic student who I think is playing games with me. He eats junk food constantly. Whenever he gets in trouble for something, he acts like he is having breathing problems and says he needs another snack because he is low.

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My daughter is a 6 year old type 1 diabetic. She suffers from low readings in the morning and sometimes is woken by her low readings as early as 4�A.M. We have tried increasing her bedtime snack and usually give her about 30 grams of carb. She still gets low overnight. Any suggestions?

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I work in a pharmacy., and we have a patient who has an infant with diabetes. She wants to if there is such a thing as a glucose suppository to treat hypoglycemia when her infant is unable to take glucose orally. Can you help me out?

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I’m fifteen years old, and I think that I may have hypoglycemia. Whenever I eat any kind of sugar, I get very dizzy and sometimes I black out. Whenever I don’t eat sugar, I feel fine, I’m very energetic, I’m very happy, and I feel great. What could this be?

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I am a 50 year old with type 1 diabetes for 16 years. Often after an event of insulin shock, I have severe diarrhea for several hours following the event. What causes this?

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Is there a different value determined as hypoglycemic for a person with diabetes versus someone who doesn’t have it?

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A few years ago I was switched from pork to human to human insulins. Although my dosages stayed the same after the switch, now, I no longer shake, sweat or get any warning sign of hypoglycemia. Is the human insulin responsible? If so, can’t the manufacturers add an ingredient that will provide some warning of hypoglycemia?

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I am 13 years old and this summer I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia after I has an unexpected seizure. What are the symptoms of an oncoming seizure?

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After a hypo I always go hyper. Is there a way I can avoid or reduce this upswing? I usually respond to a hypo with a small glass of fruit juice.

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Can you explain why more hypoglycemia occurs as my A1c moves in the normal range of about 5%? If I continue to lose weight, will my A1c drop further? Will I end up with more bouts of hypoglycemia if my A1c goes into the 4% range?

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