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Hypoglycemia

Within a half hour of each dose of erythromycin, I suffer from very low blood sugar, worse than normal. Have you found out any information about this?

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My 15 year old daughter has had two episodes of hypoglycemia symptoms (shaking, weakness), and her doctor ordered a three-hour GTT which showed although her blood sugar levels were normal throughout, she still had sugar in her urine. Could impending puberty be the cause?

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A child in our preschool was hospitalized because he had been diagnosed previously with acetone hypoglycemia, and the parents had not told us of this condition prior to entering him in our school, and I really have no idea of what it is all about. Can you point me in some good directions to find out more about it as I do feel that I need as much information as possible?

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I suspect my five year old year old daughter may have a low blood sugar problem. What are the symptoms of low blood sugar in children? How do I help my daughter if she has it?

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I have a seizure disorder, and after each seizure, I am tired, and my blood glucose level is low. Can low blood sugar be a cause of my seizures? Can I fix this? How?

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I have frequently asked his diabetes team about the long term effects of low blood sugars. I have also seen many such questions asked here, and the answer is almost always that frequent severe lows may cause some impairment of cognitive skills later in life. How do you define a severe low? When it comes to frequency, how often is frequent?

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My three year old son, diagnosed with hypoglycemia, is currently being pricked 4-6 times a day for sugar and ketones. The endocrinologist. feels that he may have ketotic hypoglycemia. I always find hypoglycemia information under diabetes, but, at this point, my son does not have diabetes.

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I never been to a doctor to correctly know what is wrong, but I can say i’m most likely to have hypoglycemia. I say this because its happened twice in my life so far. What do you personally think I should do?

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My son, age 11, has had in the last week two serious hypos which have caused fits of about 6 minutes in duration. It appears that his insulin requirements are dropping (albeit temporarily) and his insulin levels have dropped from about 34 units to about 14 units. Currently nobody can explain the dramatic drop in insulin requirements. Have you seen any similar cases?

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On several occasions I have had blood sugar readings less than 40 mg/dl [2.2 mmol/L]. While bringing my level up either by eating or glucose tabs, I experienced heart palpitations requiring a visit to the E.R. Can these heart palpitations (rate of 150 to 190 beats) be caused by a low blood sugar?

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