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<blockquote data-quote="Rach79" data-source="post: 30922" data-attributes="member: 12270"><p>Doh, I've just typed a massive reply and just lost it :| very frustrating :!: Joe there is no real BG I can give you to gauge when you are ready for a coma... as everyone is different. I would just advise to treat your hypo straight away and don't delay :!: It sounds daft but some people including myself don't realise straight away and then they get worse. So stop what you're doing and test even if you think you are ok. I know if I'm below 4mmol I want to feel my symptoms but sometimes this is very difficult and I don't realise until they are 2.6mmol or something. However I think my symptoms are changing i.e. I used to feel tingling around my mouth and have the shakes but now it's more moodiness and hunger that are symptoms... and generally I don't realise straight away (assuming they are just part of how I'm feeling) and so then the shakes or tingling begins. It is advisable to try and predict when a hypo may happen... i.e. if you are running late for lunch at work.. say by 20 mins.. you could have one so test even if you feel fine. Prevention is better than cure is what they say.. and that goes with hypos too. Good routine and prediction helps... also you can obtain a solution to test your glucose meter.. not sure if anyone knows that but if it is faulty this solution points it out. So say if it says you are low and you don't think you are... first of all treat the hypo of course, but then test the meter and if the BG on the solution is normal range then it's ok and your meter is correct. Here is a link below for some more handy information on hypos and diabetes treatment:-</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/hypoglycemia/page3.htm" target="_blank">http://www.medicinenet.com/hypoglycemia/page3.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rach79, post: 30922, member: 12270"] Doh, I've just typed a massive reply and just lost it :| very frustrating :!: Joe there is no real BG I can give you to gauge when you are ready for a coma... as everyone is different. I would just advise to treat your hypo straight away and don't delay :!: It sounds daft but some people including myself don't realise straight away and then they get worse. So stop what you're doing and test even if you think you are ok. I know if I'm below 4mmol I want to feel my symptoms but sometimes this is very difficult and I don't realise until they are 2.6mmol or something. However I think my symptoms are changing i.e. I used to feel tingling around my mouth and have the shakes but now it's more moodiness and hunger that are symptoms... and generally I don't realise straight away (assuming they are just part of how I'm feeling) and so then the shakes or tingling begins. It is advisable to try and predict when a hypo may happen... i.e. if you are running late for lunch at work.. say by 20 mins.. you could have one so test even if you feel fine. Prevention is better than cure is what they say.. and that goes with hypos too. Good routine and prediction helps... also you can obtain a solution to test your glucose meter.. not sure if anyone knows that but if it is faulty this solution points it out. So say if it says you are low and you don't think you are... first of all treat the hypo of course, but then test the meter and if the BG on the solution is normal range then it's ok and your meter is correct. Here is a link below for some more handy information on hypos and diabetes treatment:- [url=http://www.medicinenet.com/hypoglycemia/page3.htm]http://www.medicinenet.com/hypoglycemia/page3.htm[/url] [/QUOTE]
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