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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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- Diet only
Type 2 not on medication can have hypo...especially if they have restored some of their insulin sensitivity to pre-diabetes level. But such hypo's are typically reactive hypo. That means it is typically triggered by a relatively high carbs meal, resulting in a delayed excessive insulin response. So when the glucose level falls rapadly 3-4 hours after the meal, the hypo symptoms would set in. BTW I just had one at 3.2 mmol (61 mg/dl).
Thank you for correcting me, I did not know that. It sounds like this is similar to "non-diabetic hypoglycemia" (http://www.hormone.org/diseases-and-conditions/diabetes/non-diabetic-hypoglycemia). It is described as "rare" for non-diabetics. Is it also relatively rare for people with diabetes, if they are not taking any meds?
According to the above-linked website, this kind of hypoglycemia "happens to people with diabetes when they have a mismatch of medicine, food, and/or exercise."
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