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HYPO- Feeling a bit weaker/fatigued

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Ash.J.S

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Hey guys :)
I'll get straight to the point
Basically on sunday I had a hypo but I wasn't home and didn't get to treat it immediately and i got a little bit of a headache, i got home anyway and i checked my BG which was 3.6 so i corrected it. Since then i've felt a little bit weaker physically, though i'm not actually any weaker i just feel a bit strange and i also feel a bit fatigued, wanting to go to sleep perhaps a little bit sooner than normal.

Bare in mind i very rarely have hypos and I'm quite strict with myself concerning my diabetes management. I'm also natually a bit concerned as I'm going to be starting university soon and I'm moving out on sunday and I hope that I will feel normal by then.

I was worried that it was nerve damage but I have been doing some reading around and pretty much all the articles say that symtoms of nerve damage are usually burning sensations or feeling numb or tingling which I haven't experienced any of these?

Anyone got any idea?

Thanks all
 
I wouldn't think that going to 3.6 mmol/l should have any long term effect.. 3.6 mmol/l is at the lower end of the range of what's normal blood glucose for a non-diabetic so other than getting the normal hypo feelings you shouldn't suffer any long term effects.. With physically 'bad' effects not kicking in until the blood glucose drops to below 2.5 mmol/l (ish).

If your like me and have hypo's rarely then they can be quite stressful and it may be your body is reacting to the stress rather than the hypo.. it also sounds like you have some worry about your health in general (like most of us!!) and this to can cause stress which can cause fatigue. If your worried talk to your HCP but I personally wouldn't worry about the hypo it's not going to have done any physical damage.
 
When I was having a bad run of hypos last year I found that when I was stressed and run down, the after-effects of a hypo (which usually left me feeling rubbish for up to 24 hours) could drag on for several days of just feeling strange and short of breath, with sudden fatigue. It may be that in your case the stress of going to university is exacerbating the shock to the system that the hypo can cause (and 'shock' is the operative word), and hence prolonging the after-effects. I shouldn't think there's any nerve damage, but if symptoms persist it might just be worth having B12 levels checked (in my case that seems to have been the basic problem, which hypos intensified).
 
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