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HYPOGLYCAEMIA UNAWARENESS
One of the more distressing problems in diabetes is hypoglycemia unawareness. Normally, a person will feel warning symptoms when their blood sugar goes low, such as shaking and sweating caused by release of stress hormones. However, those with hypoglycemia unawareness have reduced warning signals and do not recognize they are low. Even if they happen to do a blood sugar test they may not realize what they need to do to treat the low. Luckily, stress hormone release is usually adequate to eventually raise the glucose level, although this may take several hours to work.
That hypoglycemia unawareness could occur during sleep is not surprising since people wake up for less than half of the lows that occur at night, but it happens with equal frequency when people are awake. Unless recognized and treated by someone else, serious problems, such as grand mal seizures, can occur. If you have witnessed seizure activity or bizarre behavior, you have some idea of the danger that hypoglycemia unawareness can present. Fortunately, research and clinical experience has shown that this condition can be reversed.
Here is a link to the full article.
http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_con ... reness.php
One of the more distressing problems in diabetes is hypoglycemia unawareness. Normally, a person will feel warning symptoms when their blood sugar goes low, such as shaking and sweating caused by release of stress hormones. However, those with hypoglycemia unawareness have reduced warning signals and do not recognize they are low. Even if they happen to do a blood sugar test they may not realize what they need to do to treat the low. Luckily, stress hormone release is usually adequate to eventually raise the glucose level, although this may take several hours to work.
That hypoglycemia unawareness could occur during sleep is not surprising since people wake up for less than half of the lows that occur at night, but it happens with equal frequency when people are awake. Unless recognized and treated by someone else, serious problems, such as grand mal seizures, can occur. If you have witnessed seizure activity or bizarre behavior, you have some idea of the danger that hypoglycemia unawareness can present. Fortunately, research and clinical experience has shown that this condition can be reversed.
Here is a link to the full article.
http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_con ... reness.php