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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 2309976" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>I will be asking a few dumb questions this week due to idle thoughts in the shower.</p><p></p><p>First one:</p><p></p><p>We are mostly aware that there is Hypo awareness, that is an awareness of low BG levels which can be dangerous.</p><p>Lack of Hypo awareness is generally a bad thing because one could become irrational and even unconscious before being able to take glucose on board to raise BG.</p><p>False Hypos are where the body shows the symptoms of a hypo when the BG level is still in a safe zone. Usually because the body has adapted to long term high BG levels and is treating normal BG levels as dangerously low.</p><p></p><p>However I haven't read that there is the equivalent Hyper awareness; that is, an awareness of a short term peak in BG equivalent to a short term drop in BG which is a Hypo.</p><p></p><p>Long term symptoms include the classic diagnostic symptoms of thirst, frequent urination, lethargy etc. however it is hard to see these as a diagnostic for a 30 minute period.</p><p></p><p>Which brings me to ask "Does anyone correctly identify when their BG has just shot up - that is, they have just started a Hyper?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 2309976, member: 6467"] I will be asking a few dumb questions this week due to idle thoughts in the shower. First one: We are mostly aware that there is Hypo awareness, that is an awareness of low BG levels which can be dangerous. Lack of Hypo awareness is generally a bad thing because one could become irrational and even unconscious before being able to take glucose on board to raise BG. False Hypos are where the body shows the symptoms of a hypo when the BG level is still in a safe zone. Usually because the body has adapted to long term high BG levels and is treating normal BG levels as dangerously low. However I haven't read that there is the equivalent Hyper awareness; that is, an awareness of a short term peak in BG equivalent to a short term drop in BG which is a Hypo. Long term symptoms include the classic diagnostic symptoms of thirst, frequent urination, lethargy etc. however it is hard to see these as a diagnostic for a 30 minute period. Which brings me to ask "Does anyone correctly identify when their BG has just shot up - that is, they have just started a Hyper?" [/QUOTE]
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