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<blockquote data-quote="TypeZero." data-source="post: 2355802" data-attributes="member: 525950"><p>Diabetic eye disease can be worsened by hypoglycaemia. Unfortunately the eyes are extremely annoying in the fact that they prefer a certain level of glucose stability and less variability, high blood sugar causes eye damage but lowering your blood sugars too quickly also does damage too. I can’t seem to find the research paper but there are studies suggesting during hypoglycaemia the kidney and eyes are particularly sensitive to glucose variation and experience some damage.</p><p></p><p>Of course there are also hundreds of studies about how hypoglycaemia causes death to brain cells and overtime there may be a decline in memory and cognitive function.</p><p></p><p>Let’s also not forget that recurring frequent hypoglycaemic episodes actually normalise low blood sugars and in the future you may struggle with hypoglycaemia awareness as your body becomes used to hypos that it doesn’t see it as a threat anymore and therefore you don’t get symptoms and can potentially die.</p><p></p><p>Also the more hypos you get the more inaccurate your HbA1c will be because your doctors will look at it and say “wooow he’s managing his sugars okay” but in reality it could be that half the time you’re having hypos and the other half high blood sugar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TypeZero., post: 2355802, member: 525950"] Diabetic eye disease can be worsened by hypoglycaemia. Unfortunately the eyes are extremely annoying in the fact that they prefer a certain level of glucose stability and less variability, high blood sugar causes eye damage but lowering your blood sugars too quickly also does damage too. I can’t seem to find the research paper but there are studies suggesting during hypoglycaemia the kidney and eyes are particularly sensitive to glucose variation and experience some damage. Of course there are also hundreds of studies about how hypoglycaemia causes death to brain cells and overtime there may be a decline in memory and cognitive function. Let’s also not forget that recurring frequent hypoglycaemic episodes actually normalise low blood sugars and in the future you may struggle with hypoglycaemia awareness as your body becomes used to hypos that it doesn’t see it as a threat anymore and therefore you don’t get symptoms and can potentially die. Also the more hypos you get the more inaccurate your HbA1c will be because your doctors will look at it and say “wooow he’s managing his sugars okay” but in reality it could be that half the time you’re having hypos and the other half high blood sugar [/QUOTE]
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