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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 949448" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Oh, and my personal experience of hypos is that i have never needed to call for external help, and don't ever expect to do so.</p><p></p><p>Type 1 and 2 diabetics, on insulin may in extreme circumstances require assistance, but a RH hypo, caused by unwise carby eating? No, not in my experience.</p><p></p><p>How familiar are you with the process of the hypo as it happens in your body?</p><p></p><p>The bg drops, we loose mental acuity, concentration, reaction time, etc.</p><p>But our own body recognises the low.</p><p>And as a response, releases a whole cocktail of stress hormones, including adrenalin (causes the shakes, jitters, etc) which in turn triggers the liver to release glucose into the bloodstream. Which raises bg. Which ends the hypo.</p><p></p><p>So, by the time you get the panicky jitters, your own body has already stepped in to resolve the situation. Stuffing gluco tabs may raise the bg higher, and a bit faster, but the RH hypo was sorting itself out before you even reached for the tablets.</p><p></p><p>Of course, this assumes there is glucose waiting in the liver, and it assumes that your hormone signalling is functioning. But if you only get rare hypos, then i think those are pretty safe assumptions.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps to reassure you.</p><p>I know the FEAR ruled me for a long time, and i wish someone had explained this to me back then, it would have saved me a LOT of angst.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 949448, member: 41816"] Oh, and my personal experience of hypos is that i have never needed to call for external help, and don't ever expect to do so. Type 1 and 2 diabetics, on insulin may in extreme circumstances require assistance, but a RH hypo, caused by unwise carby eating? No, not in my experience. How familiar are you with the process of the hypo as it happens in your body? The bg drops, we loose mental acuity, concentration, reaction time, etc. But our own body recognises the low. And as a response, releases a whole cocktail of stress hormones, including adrenalin (causes the shakes, jitters, etc) which in turn triggers the liver to release glucose into the bloodstream. Which raises bg. Which ends the hypo. So, by the time you get the panicky jitters, your own body has already stepped in to resolve the situation. Stuffing gluco tabs may raise the bg higher, and a bit faster, but the RH hypo was sorting itself out before you even reached for the tablets. Of course, this assumes there is glucose waiting in the liver, and it assumes that your hormone signalling is functioning. But if you only get rare hypos, then i think those are pretty safe assumptions. Hope that helps to reassure you. I know the FEAR ruled me for a long time, and i wish someone had explained this to me back then, it would have saved me a LOT of angst. [/QUOTE]
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