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<blockquote data-quote="Spiker" data-source="post: 815401" data-attributes="member: 102150"><p>In my personal experience what makes a hypo acutely dangerous is not so much the level on the meter, as the speed with which it is dropping. This is something that does seem to be different between low carbing hypos and normal hypos. Normal hypos in my experience are much more likely to involve a dangerously fast drop. Probably just because of the larger quantities of insulin used on a higher carb diet. Hypos when I am low carbing tend to be slower, more gentle, less aggressive. I am more likely to be able to treat them with a small amount of glucose rather than eating a cupboard or shop worth of sweets in a panic. </p><p></p><p>I believe that hypo perception, the felt intensity of the warning signs, has been shown to be driven as much or more by the drop rate than by the absolute BG level. </p><p></p><p>Of course that only concerns the acute dangers. As has been said, there are suggestions, though not much data yet, that there are also long term negative effects of hypos (in addition to loss of hypo awareness which is a known medium term effect).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiker, post: 815401, member: 102150"] In my personal experience what makes a hypo acutely dangerous is not so much the level on the meter, as the speed with which it is dropping. This is something that does seem to be different between low carbing hypos and normal hypos. Normal hypos in my experience are much more likely to involve a dangerously fast drop. Probably just because of the larger quantities of insulin used on a higher carb diet. Hypos when I am low carbing tend to be slower, more gentle, less aggressive. I am more likely to be able to treat them with a small amount of glucose rather than eating a cupboard or shop worth of sweets in a panic. I believe that hypo perception, the felt intensity of the warning signs, has been shown to be driven as much or more by the drop rate than by the absolute BG level. Of course that only concerns the acute dangers. As has been said, there are suggestions, though not much data yet, that there are also long term negative effects of hypos (in addition to loss of hypo awareness which is a known medium term effect). [/QUOTE]
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