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<blockquote data-quote="Diamattic" data-source="post: 929475" data-attributes="member: 138639"><p>Hypos, are worse as they become more severe obvs. A low down to about 3.1mmol/L if handled fairly quickly should be negligible. Below that you are risk of unconsciousness, which is the most obvious danger.</p><p></p><p>I was told by my doctor that when we loose our hypo awareness by having to many lows it is because of a type of neuropathy that occurs in those pathways in the brain do to extended or frequent periods of low blood sugar. The complications from this type of neuropathy are still fairly unknown, but so far are not nearly as bad as the kind we are all aware of.</p><p></p><p>There have also been studies published that having a hypo that causes unconsciousness can triple a persons risk of a cardiac event within the next 0-5 days, and that risk stays elevated for the remaining year. The test data showed a correlation with adults having a unconscious hypo event and within a year also had a cardiac arrest, usually within a few days and trailing off as further from the hypo.</p><p></p><p>I remember the paper stating that when the body goes that low that it go unconcious the body pumps out different hormones and different levels of hormones in an attempt to stay conscious, and these hormones cause the plaque the arteries to unsitck from the walls and become free in the body, which can then clump and cause strokes and heart attacks. </p><p></p><p>That has been my understanding of lows - Avoid <3.1 like the plague, down to 3.1-4 isn't a good place to be so get out as fast as you notice it.</p><p></p><p>That all being said, i go into the 3's probably once a day, never has it been scary, or impacted my thinking or motor skills and as such i usually just eat 5-10g of carbs and carry on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Diamattic, post: 929475, member: 138639"] Hypos, are worse as they become more severe obvs. A low down to about 3.1mmol/L if handled fairly quickly should be negligible. Below that you are risk of unconsciousness, which is the most obvious danger. I was told by my doctor that when we loose our hypo awareness by having to many lows it is because of a type of neuropathy that occurs in those pathways in the brain do to extended or frequent periods of low blood sugar. The complications from this type of neuropathy are still fairly unknown, but so far are not nearly as bad as the kind we are all aware of. There have also been studies published that having a hypo that causes unconsciousness can triple a persons risk of a cardiac event within the next 0-5 days, and that risk stays elevated for the remaining year. The test data showed a correlation with adults having a unconscious hypo event and within a year also had a cardiac arrest, usually within a few days and trailing off as further from the hypo. I remember the paper stating that when the body goes that low that it go unconcious the body pumps out different hormones and different levels of hormones in an attempt to stay conscious, and these hormones cause the plaque the arteries to unsitck from the walls and become free in the body, which can then clump and cause strokes and heart attacks. That has been my understanding of lows - Avoid <3.1 like the plague, down to 3.1-4 isn't a good place to be so get out as fast as you notice it. That all being said, i go into the 3's probably once a day, never has it been scary, or impacted my thinking or motor skills and as such i usually just eat 5-10g of carbs and carry on. [/QUOTE]
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