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Hypoglycemia

How we can prevent hypoglycaemia?

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My 3 year old son has been a Type 1 diabetic for about 1.5 years. For the last few weeks, we have had to decrease his insulin at supper time. We are having too many night time lows. He is was waking up several nights in a row, when we checked his blood sugar, he was around the 40-50 level.

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I am wondering if the milk boxes (similar to juice drink boxes) would be beneficial to have on hand to bring up lows. The ones I am curious about are the ones which do not have to be refrigerated.

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I am concerned that my son’s behavior may be the result of hypoglycemia, but not I am sure what to do at this point. Our pediatrician seems to believe the protein and carbs will do the trick and he will not test him for anything, but I see his behavior becoming more extreme. What do you suggest?

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I am now 22 and have had two severe low blood sugar episodes that seem to last for weeks. I have visited the doctor and he associated it with panic attacks and put me on a medication. I stressed that it was the aforementioned symptoms causing the panic attacks and not vice versa. He did not seem to believe or understand. He did a ‘high complex’ blood test and a urinalysis. Are these test satisfactory for testing for hypoglycemia?

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My seven year old son was diagnosed with type 1 seven months ago. Since the beginning, he has been able to tell when his sugar is going low, because his neck gets hard/tight and hurts. Do you know what is causing this feeling? Does the lack of glucose make the muscles constrict?

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My four year old son was diagnosed with type 1 almost exactly a year ago and has had two seizures In the last month. His endocrinologist is convinced that these are low blood sugar seizures, but the pediatrician and neurologist are not sure because his numbers are not that low and want to send him for an EEG to try to determine if there is another problem. Is it worth subjecting a four year old to a battery of possibly useless tests?

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How low is too low for someone with type 1 diabetes?

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About two months ago, my three year old son (diagnosed with type 1 diabetes eight months ago) had an episode of status epilepticus. Because his blood sugar was 250 mg/dl [13.9 mmol/L] 10 minutes after the seizure started, the doctors didn’t think it had anything to do with his diabetes, but today the pediatric neurologist suggested that perhaps my son had an undetected low since other diagnoses have been ruled out. Is my son’s seizure experience similar to those other toddlers? Do seizures associated with hypoglycemia usually stop when the blood sugar level rises?

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An acquaintance told me she has type 2 diabetes which is the same as hypoglycemia. Is that true?

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