Hypo on no meds’?

[Paulm80]

Hi all , so I came home from holiday to a horrific diverticulitis attack, straight from airport to hospital! Long story short got bad infection but woke up today and thought I was dying, covered in sweat , dizzy and faint.
Dr did all tests and ecg all were fine heart was a little slow so she concludes it was a hypo as my bs was 3.6!
Im not on any medication so didn’t think this was possible?

 

[Antje77]

I'm sorry to hear about the bad end to your holiday, hope the holiday itself was a good one before your problems kicked in!

3.6 is normal in non-diabetics, so very much possible. Non D's may feel hungry and faint with such numbers but it's not something to worry about.
The hypo is below 4 rule was invented for safety reasons in people on bg lowering medications. I think some current guidelines even advise pregnant diabetics to consider below 3.5 as hypo instead of 4.

How you felt definitely sounds like a hypo. If you have diabetes your blood sugars are likely a bit higher on average than those of a non D. If they are I can imagine how a 3.6 would feel like a bad hypo. Something like a 'false hypo' that many people experience when they're well above 4 when first getting their bg down.

Hope you feel better now!

 

[Paulm80]

I'm sorry to hear about the bad end to your holiday, hope the holiday itself was a good one before your problems kicked in!

3.6 is normal in non-diabetics, so very much possible. Non D's may feel hungry and faint with such numbers but it's not something to worry about.
The hypo is below 4 rule was invented for safety reasons in people on bg lowering medications. I think some current guidelines even advise pregnant diabetics to consider below 3.5 as hypo instead of 4.

How you felt definitely sounds like a hypo. If you have diabetes your blood sugars are likely a bit higher on average than those of a non D. If they are I can imagine how a 3.6 would feel like a bad hypo. Something like a 'false hypo' that many people experience when they're well above 4 when first getting their bg down.

Hope you feel better now!

Thankyou, feeling better now just wanna go home

 

[Antje77]

Thankyou, feeling better now just wanna go home

 

[mentat]

Im not on any medication so didn’t think this was possible?

When it comes to diabetes, anything's possible. Sometimes the cause can be tracked down, sometimes not.

In this case I suspect your liver dumped all its stored glucose into your system to help fight the infection... then ran out by the time you woke up.