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Hypoglycemia

My daughter has hypoglycemia. She is very active and has irregular menstrual cycles. Her current cycle has been very heavy and her blood sugars have been low. Is this normal? How do I get her blood sugars under control during her cycles?

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My 55 year old mom has been taking Avandia and Glucotrol XL for eight years. Upon starting an antibiotic for cellulitis, she began have low blood sugars during the night. What do I do when it goes low? How do we stop it from dropping this low?

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After a seizure, my infant’s blood sugar was low. It was stable only when hooked up to a glucose IV. She is now also getting HGH shots. What could be going on?

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What is the relationship between blood sugar levels and altitude? My son had more lows when we recently traveled to a higher elevation.

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During three recent lows of 25 mg/dl [1.4 mmol/L], my nine year old son was not symptomatic until he got that low. Why is this?

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Last night, my son awoke screaming and incoherent. His blood sugar was 47 mg/dl [2.6 mmol/L]. Is this type of episode normal?

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Recently, my father, who has reactive hypoglycemia managed by diet and exercise, has been having short nausea attacks that leave him feeling confused with memory loss each time, and last week he went into a grand mal seizure. I have several questions.

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Last weekend I went out as usual, and when I got home I set my alarm clock to wake me up. The following morning my alarm clock did go off, I got out of bed to make some breakfast, and that’s the last I remember.

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I’ve had reactive and fasting hypoglycemia for six years, and last weekend, I tried using an Extend Bar overnight. My blood sugar hardly went above 80 mg/dl [4.4 mmol/L] the whole time, but I threw up twice. Could it be something in the bar? What number should it generally be good for me to keep my blood sugar over at all times?

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Diagnosed a month ago, my son has one or two lows per week without symptoms. He is on very low doses of insulin. What should we do? Is it safe for him to have lows?

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