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Reactive Hypoglycemia Hi everyone!

doc_908

doc_908

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Type of diabetes
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Can anybody tell why hypoglycaemia occur in non diabetic person... my friend is perfectly normal and today his blood sugar level decreased and I checked and it was 85mg/dl .... he said this happens to him 2 months back but he didn't notice ....
 
doc_908 said:
Can anybody tell why hypoglycaemia occur in non diabetic person... my friend is perfectly normal and today his blood sugar level decreased and I checked and it was 85mg/dl .... he said this happens to him 2 months back but he didn't notice ....
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85mg/dl is a normal blood sugar :)

Can you explain a little more about your/his concerns?
 
doc_908 said:
Can anybody tell why hypoglycaemia occur in non diabetic person... my friend is perfectly normal and today his blood sugar level decreased and I checked and it was 85mg/dl .... he said this happens to him 2 months back but he didn't notice ....
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Hi @doc_908 ,

Going to tag a couple of RH guys that may help. @Brunneria @Lamont D
 
doc_908 said:
Can anybody tell why hypoglycaemia occur in non diabetic person... my friend is perfectly normal and today his blood sugar level decreased and I checked and it was 85mg/dl .... he said this happens to him 2 months back but he didn't notice ....
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Hi doc!

It happens because their is an excess of insulin after eating and digestion.
The insulin drives down blood glucose levels.

I have normal fasting blood glucose levels. I have an intolerance to many foods that trigger the excessive insulin response.

Has your friend been diagnosed?

The reason I ask is because hypoglycaemia can only be diagnosed properly after hospital tests.

It can also be quite common for someone to have hyper and hypo levels without being either diabetic or hypoglycaemic!

Best wishes
 
Yes, I would agree that a reading of 85 is in the normal range.

What does his blood glucose normally run at?
 
doc_908 said:
Can anybody tell why hypoglycaemia occur in non diabetic person... my friend is perfectly normal and today his blood sugar level decreased and I checked and it was 85mg/dl .... he said this happens to him 2 months back but he didn't notice ....
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85mg/dL is 4.7mmol/l. That is a perfectly healthy, normal blood sugar and certainly isn't hypoglycaemia.

Non diabetic, non medicated people can experience low blood sugar that might need treating in someone who is at risk from blood sugar lowering medication. So because we are on insulin we have a strict cut off, don't go under 4, whereas a non diabetic, non medicated person might perfectly happily run at between 3.8-4.5 and not have any problems with that. Equally, the most typical reasons for a non diabetic non medicated person having low blood sugar will be perfectly simple, non medical reasons: they've not eaten for ages or they've done a tonne of exercise.
 
Some RHs have insulinoma, a tumor in the pancreas that releases excessive amounts of insulin causing hypos in non diabetics.
Medications as well can give hypos, or the pancreas can compensate with too much insulin because of insulin resistence.

But, 85mg/dl or 4.7 mmol are not a hypo, so I think its more likely your friends symptoms were from something else than blood sugar issues.
 
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