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Hypoglycemia

I appear to have hypersensitivity to insulin. Due to the severity of low blood sugars, I am constantly battling rebounding highs. Lantus appears to be spiking throughout the day. Is it possible that I have some sort of allergy to Lantus that would be causing this? Is there any research on side-effects or sensitivity to Lantus?

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I was diagnosed with chronic hypoglycemia in 1996. When I later went to a low cost medical clinic for another problem, the doctor said that I cannot have it without having diabetes, too. The doctor was insensitive about my family history. What should I do when I have to go there again?

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My daughter has had diabetes for three months. Since the flu, she has symptoms of hypoglycemia with normal blood sugars. Is this normal?

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I was recently diagnosed pre-type 1/hypoglycemic. Will I get diabetes, and when? I see an endocrinologist in May.

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I manage my diabetes with diet and exercise, no medication, yet my blood sugar drops to 70 mg/dl [3.9 mmol/L] or lower each night. What can I do to prevent this bottoming out?

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Is there such a thing as withdrawal from hypoglycemia? Could my husband’s diagnosis of schizophrenia be related to the drugs he was prescribed?

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My college aged son had his first seizure yesterday. What happens if he is alone when he has a seizure? Why didn’t he pass out first? How great is the fear of dying from such reactions?

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At birth, my son’s blood sugar was only 15 mg/dl [0.8 mmol/L]. Because of this, could there be brain damage or problems of this nature that might not be detectable until later?

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For a year and a half, I have been plagued with hypoglycemic episodes. I was examined at the National Institutes of Health for four days where I underwent a 48 hour fast, and my blood glucoses remained steady in the 70s mg/dl [3.9 mmol/L]. I also showed no signs of insulinoma. I’m at a loss. What should I ask my doctors to consider looking at?

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When my 12 year old son is tired and has symptoms of low sugar his urine sugar is three-plus or more, but his blood sugar is somewhat low. What is the cause of this? How can we distinguish between high and low blood sugar?

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