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Emergency: Feeling Ill

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Dray_F96

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Hi Diabetes family,

I'm a quite recent diagnosed diabetic and in need of some instant advice if possible!

Today I got sent home ill from work today a few hours ago after feeling very dizzy and having trouble concentrating or doing any task along with blurred vision and now a throbbing headache currently. I am a bit concerned as these symptoms happened quite sudden once i reached work for my shift. My blood glucose before my journey before work was 7.0 and was 3.6, which i treated straight away when i checked straight after feeling these symptoms at work. My journey involves a moderate amount of walking from the tram to work and also from home (approx 10 minutes of walking). I've posted recently about tirednessaround a week ago also which I received great advice about.

Should I ring the hospital? as I cannot reach my diabetic team until Monday, any advice would be helpful, with this being new to me and still adjusting to Diabetes,

Thank you all the support,

Dray
 
Hi Dray, we’re not to give medical advice so I suggest you also ring 111. However, your symptoms sound like I feel when hypo. Have you tested your blood sugars?
 
Sometimes people say they have a headache after hypos. Seriously, though, ring 111 or see if someone can take you to an out of hours treatment centre for advice.
 
Hello @Dray_F96 - this sounds very common for a hypo - how long have you been diagnosed and have you had many hypos before this one ? Hypos affect us all differently and each one can be different too, if you’re symptoms persist then call 111 for help - how you feeling now ?
 
What’s you blood glucose at the moment? Test and if you are low have something to raise you blood sugar. Hope you’re feeling better soon.
 
Yes, let us know how you are. Hope your headache goes soon.
 
It’s also possible that you have high blood sugar after dealing with a hypo, which can also cause a headache. Testing is important. Have you sought medical advice yet?
 
It depends on how long ago your hypo was. If I have a really good hypo, my day is ruined, I feel horrible for the rest of the day with pretty much what you described. As you are newly diagnosed a lot of stuff could still be going on. It's also possible that Hypo was caused by just being sick and your symptoms are not related to D at all. I noticed once I was D, I get sick much quicker and it's much worse. I don't get sick anymore frequently. Getting a cold was just a gradual annoyance getting worse over a few days then a week or so latter it was gone, now with D, within a few hours a cold feels more like a flu and it lasts for weeks. Sometimes when I'm sick I go really high, other times I go really low.
 
Hypos are horrible. Dizziness and troubles with concentration are symptoms of a hypo, and if your blood sugar was 3.6 then that confirms it. Luckily once your blood sugar goes back to normal you should feel better, but it's very common for blood sugar to go too high after a hypo and so you feel bad again. I assume your clinic has talked to you about hypos, but honestly you need to actually experience one in order to understand the process.

Unfortunately hypos are something that all the Type 1s I've ever met have had to learn to deal with, but if you treat them before they get too bad then you should feel fine once they're over. Always always always keep glucose tablets (or equivalent) where you can reach them easily.

Good luck. Once your diabetes has stabilised (honeymoon period, etc, etc?) you should end up on a regime where they are only very occasional annoyances and you won't need to be sent home from one.
 
Thank you all for the great advice and encouraging messages, after treating my hypo my sugar levels went back to normal around 4.6 and just rested at home and slept of my throbbing headache. I think due to me being quite active (the most I have since being diagnosed) that is what caused my hypo and is a new learning curve.

Thank you guys for your advice as it has been very helpful and never experiencing headaches and dizziness with hypos before I was quite worried during the time, a new learning curve for me.
I have a bunch of questions to ask you all in terms of managing diabetes, so it would be great to get more advice so I know the best ways in which to cope with situations.

Regards

Dray
 
Glad you’re feeling better Dray!
Yes, extra exercise will use up energy and therefore will deplete blood sugars. Eating a bit more carb for breakfast on the days you do more in the morning might solve that. I always used to keep some carb in a safe place at work (colleagues would eat it if it was obvious) and tell people where it was and what it was for.
It sounds as though people where you work are thoughtful.
I used to tell everyone I worked with how they might spot if I were going hypo and ask that if they did then please tell me to eat some carb or give me a biscuit/sweet/glucotab. Not a doughnut though, which was the treat of choice for some of them, unless that was all they could find.
You’re right, it’s quite a learning curve, and only you will know what your own symptoms feel like but there are some common things that we all get to know, and feel, with hypos.
Welcome to the forum!
The first bit of knowledge I learned was never to take things for granted: the second was always to have something hypo-busting on my person or within reach. Glucotabs in bag or pocket, in a desk drawer, by the bed, especially jelly babies, and by the driver’s seat in the car. And I always test before doing something energetic, even if it’s only walking into town, and also whenever I feel too high or too low.
You’ll get the habit.
Well done for getting on with life the way you have!
 
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If you wake up feeling like that, it's worth getting a Libre occasionally. they are expensive and not not that reliable as in 1 out of 3 sensors are duds. In Australia at least customer service is non existent. I woke up this morning feeling horrible with head ache, I had a lotto night (pick any number between 2.5 and 20) I have all the numbers last night.
 
Chowie said:
If you wake up feeling like that, it's worth getting a Libre occasionally. they are expensive and not not that reliable as in 1 out of 3 sensors are duds. In Australia at least customer service is non existent. I woke up this morning feeling horrible with head ache, I had a lotto night (pick any number between 2.5 and 20) I have all the numbers last night.
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I had fairly good service from Abbott when I lived in Australia, they replaced sensors which fell off or just didn't work very willingly. BUT, they aren't much help on other issues - I developed a rash from the sensors and have found that they now under read so badly that a LO reading can be anything up to a blood glucose of 6 or 7 - they seem unwilling to discuss these issues, maybe because they don't want to admit that some people don't get good results. (I got very accurate results for the first 8 months and thought that my diabetic life was changed forever, now I've had to go back to finger pricking.)
 
EllieM said:
I had fairly good service from Abbott when I lived in Australia, they replaced sensors which fell off or just didn't work very willingly. BUT, they aren't much help on other issues - I developed a rash from the sensors and have found that they now under read so badly that a LO reading can be anything up to a blood glucose of 6 or 7 - they seem unwilling to discuss these issues, maybe because they don't want to admit that some people don't get good results. (I got very accurate results for the first 8 months and thought that my diabetic life was changed forever, now I've had to go back to finger pricking.)
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I was not at all pleased with Abbott service - same as you, I had a sensor reading LO when I was 6-8 in reality (checked multiple times on different meters). They basically said yeah that happens, now **** off coz we're not gonna fix it. I was also the same as you with accuracy - very good at the start, and worse as time goes on. Eventually I gave up on them and went to Dexcom, which is not perfect but way way better than the libre. I had 4 libre sensors left when I got my dexcom, but I didn't bother putting them on because I just kept getting upset by the incorrect values - no matter how many times you do a finger prick and get a good number, if the sensor is saying you're half dead then you tend to be a bit on edge.
 
With the libre sensors did you try to correct them?

ATM its got about correction value of 2.5-2.8.....

I check it each day when no novarapid is active.
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Still reseting basle after truck driving..... summer temps alter things a bit...

It is correctable this way tho...
 
Cobia said:
With the libre sensors did you try to correct them?

ATM its got about correction value of 2.5-2.8.....

I check it each day when no novarapid is active.
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Still reseting basle after truck driving..... summer temps alter things a bit...

It is correctable this way tho...
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No way to correct once the reading is LO... Unless I'm missing something? And once the reading is up to 8 it's not too bad, but I like to keep my readings lower than that. And the difference was very variable, both as a % and an absolute value. I'm assuming that my autoimmune system has taken a dislike to the sensor, hence it doesn't work any more? But this is a wild guess...:(
 
EllieM said:
No way to correct once the reading is LO... Unless I'm missing something? And once the reading is up to 8 it's not too bad, but I like to keep my readings lower than that. And the difference was very variable, both as a % and an absolute value. I'm assuming that my autoimmune system has taken a dislike to the sensor, hence it doesn't work any more? But this is a wild guess...:(
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Its not the libre app which i cant get in australia.... i know 5he reader cant do this.

Same screen with a new blood test looks like im on target for pre evening meal.




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Last hba1c glimp (android phone) it was 0.2 different. Just had another drawn. Know in a couple days.
 
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