My partner has type 1 diabetes and for the past 7 years that we've been together it's been really well controlled with just mild hypos but in the last few months he's had about 6 or 7 seizures at night. He's informed his diabetic nurse who's advised a few changes and they haven't happened for about a month, but last night he was low at midnight so had some toast and then he had a seizure at 2.30am. I took his blood sugar reading immediately after the seizure before I gave him glucose gel and it was 6.1. I thought it would be a lot lower for a seizure to happen, so my question is could the 6.1 reading be related to emergency glucose being released from his liver?
He has another appointment coming up with his diabetic nurse but we're worried in case these aren't diabetic seizures and maybe some form if epilepsy as it seems odd that he has them a few hours after eating carbs and he had done no exercise that day. He's an active 30 years old and has had diabetes since in was 17.
He has another appointment coming up with his diabetic nurse but we're worried in case these aren't diabetic seizures and maybe some form if epilepsy as it seems odd that he has them a few hours after eating carbs and he had done no exercise that day. He's an active 30 years old and has had diabetes since in was 17.