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- 38
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Ok folks, I'm hoping that you guys can help me.
I have recently been having problems raising my glucose levels when having a hypo.
I've not had this problem before and I'm wondering if I should seek medical advice or if I'm just missing something?
I'd just like to add that insulin doesn't seem to be the factor in this problem
Here's an example...
Other day my sugars were reading 2.9 so I had eaten 30g of fast acting glucose and a couple of biscuits and waited 20-30mins before testing again.
After testing again, they were a little higher but only 3.4. So repeated the glucose and a biscuit. Waited 20-30mins.
Repeat test - 4.2 - More fast acting glucose. 30 min wait. Repeat test - 5.7.
Finally they were up! About 2 hours later I felt awful and tested my sugars - in the 20's!
This has been happening a lot lately and I've found that if I take glucose as a fluid it works within my normal 20-30min wait time. Food doesn't seem to be the same. I have been getting a lot of indigestion recently and I am thinking that this may be the cause of why my sugars are not rising as fast as they should with quick acting glucose that is a food?
I have two theories:
1) Something is wrong with my digestive system and it is taking far longer than it should for my body to absorb the glucose so it is just piling up and fully absorbs eventually (causing the massive spike)
2) I have missed something in how I'm treating my hypos and the spike is just the reactive high from having low blood glucose for a sustained time.
Have I missed something in the treatment of my hypos or would you recommend I go and harass my doctor?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks.
I have recently been having problems raising my glucose levels when having a hypo.
I've not had this problem before and I'm wondering if I should seek medical advice or if I'm just missing something?
I'd just like to add that insulin doesn't seem to be the factor in this problem
Here's an example...
Other day my sugars were reading 2.9 so I had eaten 30g of fast acting glucose and a couple of biscuits and waited 20-30mins before testing again.
After testing again, they were a little higher but only 3.4. So repeated the glucose and a biscuit. Waited 20-30mins.
Repeat test - 4.2 - More fast acting glucose. 30 min wait. Repeat test - 5.7.
Finally they were up! About 2 hours later I felt awful and tested my sugars - in the 20's!
This has been happening a lot lately and I've found that if I take glucose as a fluid it works within my normal 20-30min wait time. Food doesn't seem to be the same. I have been getting a lot of indigestion recently and I am thinking that this may be the cause of why my sugars are not rising as fast as they should with quick acting glucose that is a food?
I have two theories:
1) Something is wrong with my digestive system and it is taking far longer than it should for my body to absorb the glucose so it is just piling up and fully absorbs eventually (causing the massive spike)
2) I have missed something in how I'm treating my hypos and the spike is just the reactive high from having low blood glucose for a sustained time.
Have I missed something in the treatment of my hypos or would you recommend I go and harass my doctor?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks.