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<blockquote data-quote="Celsus" data-source="post: 872729" data-attributes="member: 185674"><p>Good story Rytham2, and certainly happy to hear you are still among us and going well with your pacemaker!</p><p></p><p>"Dead in Bed Syndrome" is though a term referring to sudden death in <strong>young diabetic patients without any history of long-term complications</strong>. Autopsy is typically negative. Frequency data on this condition from studies in the U.K. and the Scandinavian countries concludes that such deaths occur in 6% of all deaths in diabetic patients below age 40 years. The frequency may also be expressed as 2–6 events per 100,000 patient-years. So fatally serious for the victim and family/relatives. The causes are by definition unknown, but a plausible theory is a death in hypoglycemia, since a history of nocturnal hypoglycemia is noted in most cases. (but mind you, not in all...)</p><p></p><p>The situation you personally describe above is actually not specific diabetes related but actually linked typically to a heart condition. It has even a special name for it by itself: "Sleep Apnea". Interested can read more about it here:</p><p><a href="http://www.helpguide.org/articles/sleep/sleep-apnea.htm" target="_blank">http://www.helpguide.org/articles/sleep/sleep-apnea.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celsus, post: 872729, member: 185674"] Good story Rytham2, and certainly happy to hear you are still among us and going well with your pacemaker! "Dead in Bed Syndrome" is though a term referring to sudden death in [B]young diabetic patients without any history of long-term complications[/B]. Autopsy is typically negative. Frequency data on this condition from studies in the U.K. and the Scandinavian countries concludes that such deaths occur in 6% of all deaths in diabetic patients below age 40 years. The frequency may also be expressed as 2–6 events per 100,000 patient-years. So fatally serious for the victim and family/relatives. The causes are by definition unknown, but a plausible theory is a death in hypoglycemia, since a history of nocturnal hypoglycemia is noted in most cases. (but mind you, not in all...) The situation you personally describe above is actually not specific diabetes related but actually linked typically to a heart condition. It has even a special name for it by itself: "Sleep Apnea". Interested can read more about it here: [URL]http://www.helpguide.org/articles/sleep/sleep-apnea.htm[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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