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Hypoglycemia

My grandson had a seizure in the middle of the night that scared us all. How do we prevent this from happening again? I cannot sleep, fear a repeat incident.

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I have been having symptoms such as strange feelings in my head. It kind of feels like jelly inside. I also feel shaky sometimes. My neck thumps in certain places, and my ears feel weird. I think when I eat I do get better.

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My 5 year old son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two months ago. We find that by lunch his blood sugar crashes into the 60-70 range and then by late afternoon he is torpid and typically blood sugar goes above 200.

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I am a 28 year old male with diabetes for about 20 years. Recently, I have been passing out (3 seizures in the past 2 weeks) in the morning shortly after waking, even though my blood sugars have been as high as 130 prior to passing out.

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What are the specific protocols for treating severe low blood sugar episodes using a glucagon emergency kit when my teenager is in the back country far away from medical help?

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I am a kindergarten teacher who has a little boy in my room that has been diagnosed with hypoglycemia or low blood sugar, not diabetes. His mother claims that when his blood sugar gets low he will become very active and talkative. I want to know if this is true.

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My 9 1/2 year old type 1 diabetic daughter has had diabetes for 4 years now. Her blood glucose level has gone as low as 19 and she has never gone unconscious. I feel lucky in a sense, but why hasn’t she? How low can one go before unconsciousness occurs?

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My 13 year old daughter was diagnosed about a year and a half ago with hypoglycemia. Her father, grandfather, and great grandfather, all had type 1 diabetes, and her father has similar symptoms. Can my daughter’s hypoglycemia be related to her father’s type 1 diabetes, and if so does she run a higher risk of getting it? I asked her endocrinologist if they were related, and he told me absolutely not, and wants to test for tumors.

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My 12 year old son, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes six months ago, gets 2 units of Humalog in the morning only and whether active or not during the day goes hypo every night. With such a little insulin why is he still going into hypoglycemia?

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I’m an have had type 1 diabetes for 21 years, and the problem is I have many episodes of low blood sugar. I can get down to 22 mg/dl [1.2 mmol/L] with no signs that it’s that low. Sometimes, this happens while I’m sleeping too. Can I get any brain damage because my sugars get so low without warning?

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