Just completed the survey. There was a question about number of visits to A&E in last 6 months. Which I wondered about. I have been diagnosed since 2000 and have never been to an A&E, never needed to. So wondered why, under what circumstances, for what reasons, people would do this?
Going to A&E - Reasons?
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Squire Fulwood
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I am a type 2 so much less likely to go to A&E but I was in a pub where a bloke seemed to go hypo and he passed out and there have been many people on this board who have been hyper or even suffering from ketoacidosis so it certainly happens
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Not sure which survey you are referring to but I would imagine that many T1's get to go to A&E due to excess insulin causing their blood sugars to go too low.
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It sounds so simple when you put it like that. The reality is that the amount of insulin I take today for a given amount of a particular food, if I do the exact same amount for the exact same amount of the same food tomorrow could have a completely different effect. It really is that random sometimes......
Most of the time it's fine, but if the weather is warm, or I am stressed etc etc - then the insulin may well react differently
Most of the time it's fine, but if the weather is warm, or I am stressed etc etc - then the insulin may well react differently
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Hypo's, hypers with ketoacidosis, they'll put a T1 in hospital right quick. T2's who don't use insulin don't usually have hypo's, and ketoacidosis is a T1 thing for the most part as well. So yeah... That could mean going to A&E on a regular basis. It just all depends on what type of diabetes you have, brittle or not, etc...
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Thankfully I've never been, except on diagnosis. I've been down at 1.2 but somehow my husband sorted it out and I got through it OK without needing an ambulance. Highs I can tell because I fall asleep when my blood gets up to about 13 - in the middle of a conversation, anywhere really. As soon as that happens I know why and can do the needful
I do that falling asleep thing too! It's a rapid rise that gets me.
Only been to A&E on diagnosis for diabetes stuff.
I have had type 1 for 15 years. Had highs and lows but I have always been able to treat myself and never been to A&E for diabetes.
I would be interested to know how many people end up at A&E due to diabetes. My expectation based on people I have met with diabetes is the percentage would not be high enough to describe the number as "high"
I would be interested to know how many people end up at A&E due to diabetes. My expectation based on people I have met with diabetes is the percentage would not be high enough to describe the number as "high"
Thanks folks - so no ambulances then. I'm lucky in that I have super awareness of low blood sugar. I can feel 3.4 and at 2.6 I know I'm hypo. Without testing I can pretty accurately say whether I'm 3.4, 3.0 or 2.6. At 2.6 still functioning but shaky, can't concentrate, vision a bit weird. If I get to 2.6, my 'magic number' it even wakes me up at night!! So I just chuck the requisites down my neck. I am very thankful it affects me in this way. I realise it isn't the same for many.
