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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2347352" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>There's two kinds of dangerous here - short term keel over dead if not treated dangerous and long term give you diabetic complications if you run those levels for too long dangerous.</p><p></p><p>1) Short term dangerous are hypos - your bg goes down below 4 (at which point you can start to get confused and eventually keel over if it's down to the 2s). Not an issue for you on your current medication. The other is DKA - high blood sugars (usually over 15) over many hours together with high levels of ketones (note you get some ketones with dietary ketosis and that is normal and safe). It's caused by lack of insulin so is not usually an issue for T2s who typically over produce (though very long term T2s can eventually burn out their insulin producing cells). Having said that, many many T1s/LADAs (LADA is slow onset T1) get initially misdiagnosed as T2 and only get the T1 diagnosis when they present to A&E with a blood sugar of 30 and high levels of ketones. Whatever your type, contact a medical professional if you're running that high, because it really isn't good.</p><p></p><p>2) Long term damage leading to all those potential diabetic complications. Ideally, you want to keep your bg below 8 most of the time (non diabetics do exceed that occasionally). As a T1 for 50 years I aim for under 10 for as long as I can manage but know that my life span will be impacted slightly by my non normal levels. But I've kept the complications at bay so far so that's good enough for me. Your hba1c is a good measure of average blood sugar (though it doesn't detect lows and highs) so it's one easy measure that doctors use to see how your levels are going.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2347352, member: 372717"] There's two kinds of dangerous here - short term keel over dead if not treated dangerous and long term give you diabetic complications if you run those levels for too long dangerous. 1) Short term dangerous are hypos - your bg goes down below 4 (at which point you can start to get confused and eventually keel over if it's down to the 2s). Not an issue for you on your current medication. The other is DKA - high blood sugars (usually over 15) over many hours together with high levels of ketones (note you get some ketones with dietary ketosis and that is normal and safe). It's caused by lack of insulin so is not usually an issue for T2s who typically over produce (though very long term T2s can eventually burn out their insulin producing cells). Having said that, many many T1s/LADAs (LADA is slow onset T1) get initially misdiagnosed as T2 and only get the T1 diagnosis when they present to A&E with a blood sugar of 30 and high levels of ketones. Whatever your type, contact a medical professional if you're running that high, because it really isn't good. 2) Long term damage leading to all those potential diabetic complications. Ideally, you want to keep your bg below 8 most of the time (non diabetics do exceed that occasionally). As a T1 for 50 years I aim for under 10 for as long as I can manage but know that my life span will be impacted slightly by my non normal levels. But I've kept the complications at bay so far so that's good enough for me. Your hba1c is a good measure of average blood sugar (though it doesn't detect lows and highs) so it's one easy measure that doctors use to see how your levels are going. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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