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I’m posting to let you know ambulances in Spain (or at least Catalonia) do not carry Glucagon/gen and to ask a question.
We’re abroad in Catalonia, Spain and my wife (type 1 30 years) has just had a severe hypo episode with convulsions in her sleep.
After struggling to give her...
Long story is short I had some of these symptoms, fasting and keto made it way worse now even meat cause's a hypo. Would saying there is glucagon resistance due to long fasting and keto have any sense? And would eating carbs reverse this? An alternate could be cortisol resistance but I showed...
Got myself prescribed one of these after a couple of really bad hypos where I couldn't drink or eat any fast acting sugar due to feeling sick.
(I had to force myself to drink Coca Cola despite feeling like I was going to throw up :dead: )
I'm just wandering - as I've not managed to find...
I am having discussions with first aiders at work re storage and potential administration of Glucagon in severe hypo cases (myself and two other T1's who work in the office.
diabetes.co.uk article on Glucagon clearly states
How to store glucagon
Glucagon should be stored at room temperature...
A fascinating presentation by Catherine Croft pertaining to Glucagon secretion in relation to Insulin. Covers such things as the insulin to glucagon ratio, protein, excercise and ffa's etcamong other things. Catherine speaks on T2 but also mentions T1.
@Jim Lahey I thought you might be...
Great podcast with Benjamin Bikman (bit of an expert ono insulin and its twin glucagon but an excellent communicator too plus intelligent interviewer)
Also covers why the vegan idea that aniamal fat causes insulin resistance is WRONG. Keep seing the WFPB ideas popping up on this forum so this...