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General Diabetes Discussion: Hypos

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    • CommentAuthorC.W
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2009
     

    Was any one told what to do in the event of a hypo? I was diagnosed in 2006 (about March 206), and although I went for the education day at the hospital, I don't recall any one saying if you have a hypo this is what it looks/feels like and this is what you do.

    I do know what to do with a hypo because of fantastic sites like this and from reading all kinds of diabetic stuff, but no health care professional has actually told me what to do.:cry::smile:

    • CommentAuthorDray
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2009
     

    I was. But I was told it rarely, if ever happens to type 2's, and then only on type 2's on medication - as opposed to 'controlled by diet'.

    I was told the way to avoid Hypo's was to eat something just before taking meds. In my case, since I'm on Metfartin' 3 times a day, that would mean eating 3 times a day. Since I don't, I can confirm that it can help to eat, particularly after alcohol, and more so after spirits - whisky, brandy ect.
    which can lower sugars quickly unexpectedly. Which is kinda dangerous in many ways - I've read those horror stories of people ending up unconscious in police cells, Hypo'd, smelling of spirits...

    Hypo's - (low blood sugar) for me is when it hits 3 or less mmol. It varies a little either way for different people.

    If I start to feel unexpectedly woozy, dizzy or faint, first thing I (or my family) do is check my mmol. Then they stuff Lucazade down me :)

    I've had a few hypo's over the years, and I plead guilty to not eating enough. :sad:

    • CommentAuthorC.W
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2009
     

    Haven't had one, luckily. I keep an eye on things.

    When I was put on glicklizade I wasn't warned of the extra risk of hypo. From other sites everyone reckons it is more likely to cause a hypo. It would have been nice if my GP had told me, but he wont always answer questions not even direct ones so I come here...

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