I’ve had 5 hypos in the last two days. I’m type 1, 20 years old. My work place has the heating up full blast and I’m a care assistant so constantly moving and sweating a lot. Could this be playing a role? I struggle to keep them up even after having a slow release carb. I also feel awful after every hypo I have. Feel sick and my head hurts so much I can’t be in bright lights. Any suggestions?
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Have you adjusted your insulin?
JohnEGreen
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My insulin has stayed the 1:1.5 ratio as they’ve said that is working for me. I mainly have hypos at work when I get too hot and when I’m sweating.
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See I told you.
Colin Crowhurst
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In my experience I find that working hard and sweating uses up my supply of sugar (BG lowers) that leads to snacking....
Obviously you can then have the problem of too much sugar in the blood stream but insufficient insulin on board to allow the sugar to where it is needed in the hard working cells!
If the working environment is stable and not constantly changing the issue you need to sort is getting yourself in balance so that you have sufficient fuel in the tank (sugar) and it drip feeds where it is needed into the cells. Hard I know but I have found small changes with enough time to see if they are working and then re-adjust rather than large scale big changes works for me.
Obviously you can then have the problem of too much sugar in the blood stream but insufficient insulin on board to allow the sugar to where it is needed in the hard working cells!
If the working environment is stable and not constantly changing the issue you need to sort is getting yourself in balance so that you have sufficient fuel in the tank (sugar) and it drip feeds where it is needed into the cells. Hard I know but I have found small changes with enough time to see if they are working and then re-adjust rather than large scale big changes works for me.
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Are you on a basal/bolus regime? If you're getting hypos then I'd suggest reducing either your basal or your bolus while the current conditions prevail. If you're not confident to do it on your own then phone your clinic. As a T1 I find my ratios and basal can change with activity and conditions....
Hypos are the bane of my T1 existence. I work very hard to avoid them and at the moment am mostly succeeding. Yes, many people feel like <insert favourite swear word here> after hypos, so you are not alone.
I wonder if the sweating is also a symptom of the hypo. Ideally you'd catch them before you get too low, because (in my experience anyway) the lower you go the worse you feel. Do you have access to a libre so you could head them off before they happen? How low are you going?
But don't hesitate to call your clinic for advice. They are there to help you.
Good luck.
I do sweat when I’m having a hypo, so when I’m sweating at work I test and I sit between 7-9. But then all of a sudden I drop and get that weird feeling in my stomach. I’ve got the freestyle Libre sensor so I’m using that. But when I start dropping I finger prick because I always drop rapidly rather than slowly. The lowest I’ve been is 2.2.
