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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2331049" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hi and welcome to the forums.</p><p></p><p><strong>What diabetic medication are you on? </strong> If you're not on medications that increase the insulin in your body then you shouldn't get hypo, though you may get symptoms know as a false hypo as your blood sugars go down nearer normal if they've been running high for a long time.</p><p></p><p>Traditionally , T1s gets hypo when there is too much insulin in their system and their blood sugar goes below 4. Because of the injected insulin they risk going much lower than that and potentially even passing out or becoming very confused. </p><p></p><p>But a non diabetic might feel a bit shaky or hungry before a meal, and perhaps have a blood sugar of 3.8. They are not at risk because their body stops pumping out insulin when their level goes low.</p><p></p><p>There are a few medications that can make T2s go hypo, if you are on one you should have been given a glucose monitor.</p><p></p><p>(Oh, and a few people have a condition where they naturally produce too much insulin under certain circumstances, but this is a separate issue to being T2. )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2331049, member: 372717"] Hi and welcome to the forums. [B]What diabetic medication are you on? [/B] If you're not on medications that increase the insulin in your body then you shouldn't get hypo, though you may get symptoms know as a false hypo as your blood sugars go down nearer normal if they've been running high for a long time. Traditionally , T1s gets hypo when there is too much insulin in their system and their blood sugar goes below 4. Because of the injected insulin they risk going much lower than that and potentially even passing out or becoming very confused. But a non diabetic might feel a bit shaky or hungry before a meal, and perhaps have a blood sugar of 3.8. They are not at risk because their body stops pumping out insulin when their level goes low. There are a few medications that can make T2s go hypo, if you are on one you should have been given a glucose monitor. (Oh, and a few people have a condition where they naturally produce too much insulin under certain circumstances, but this is a separate issue to being T2. ) [/QUOTE]
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