HessianHerman
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
But I am not sure if I am too low or not, as all of my knowledge in regards to blood sugars relate to it in conjunction with T1. Today for example, I ate 2 crumpets and walked two miles, but I had to sit down at one point because I felt funny, and checked my BS which was 3.8. Naturally, after living with "type 1" for a prolonged period of time, these numbers scared me so I had a few dextrose tablets which fixed the issue.
You need to insist on a proper diagnosis. The antibody panel of tests being negative would pretty much rule out T1 diabetes. From the low blood glucose symptoms, it could be reactive hypoglycemia. Do these hypos occur after carby meals, like crumpets?... Today for example, I ate 2 crumpets and walked two miles, but I had to sit down at one point because I felt funny, and checked my BS which was 3.8. ...
Thank you for reading.
You need to insist on a proper diagnosis. The antibody panel of tests being negative would pretty much rule out T1 diabetes. From the low blood glucose symptoms, it could be reactive hypoglycemia. Do these hypos occur after carby meals, like crumpets?
In any case, rest assured that blood glucose will not keep on going down. Especially as you are not injecting insulin. When blood glucose drops below 4 a stress response starts. The consequence is glucose from liver glycogen entering the blood stream, which s why people who have hypos often end up with very high blood glucose. So no need to get anxious.
Not in the slightest.. 3.8 is likely perfectly normal without any medication.I must be because I go low
Mark, I'm sorry, but I don't agree that the absence of antibodies rules out T1. All it means is there are no antibodies present, in the sample, at the time of testing:
https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2015/a...tes mellitus results,at the time of diagnosis.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/gad-antibody-test.html
Differing papers cite differing levels of sero-negative T1, but 20% is about the average of what I have read.
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