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Squire Fulwood
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I am not a type 1 myself but having read your story I think your friend may well have done just the right thing. How is your friend now?
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People on medication can overdo the medication especially if it is insulin. Trouble is too much insulin might push your sugar levels down too far and the only way to get them up again is to eat something to raise the sugar level . Chocolate biscuits sound an ideal way of doing that if you just happen to have some of them in the cupboard.
On your other point. As a type 2 I find that I have to avoid certain foods and that is not enjoyable but if it is a food that I really miss then I can try just cutting down on it. You get used to smaller portions. Better still you can eat more of the stuff that is not a problem.
On your other point. As a type 2 I find that I have to avoid certain foods and that is not enjoyable but if it is a food that I really miss then I can try just cutting down on it. You get used to smaller portions. Better still you can eat more of the stuff that is not a problem.
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Chocolate isn't a good hypo treatment, if blood glucose is very low It may not be quick enough.
Maybe your friend was just a bit low rather than really hypo.
If I wasn't that low (say just under 4mmol/l ) and had gone low because I'd been doing some housework/ lot of walking round the shops etc then a choc biscuit with a cup of coffee could be just the thing. (you learn this sort of thing by experience.) Personally though I would normally only eat one choc biscuit (have been known to share a piece of cake with my OH) Most biscuits have at least 8gm of carbohydrate so 8 biscuits would (without insulin) would send me from mildly hypo to sky high.
Normal advice for a hypo is to take 10- 20 g fast acting glucose. wait 10-15 min and test again. If glucose level still under 4mmol/l retreat.
10g rapidly absorbed carbohydrate
• 100mls Ribena (from carton)
• 3 glucose tablets or lucozade tablets
• 50mls Lucozade Energy
• 100ml cola or 7-up or Sprite (not diet varieties)
• 3 jelly beans or jelly babies or fruit pastilles
• 100ml unsweetened fruit juice (from carton)
• 2 teaspoons of honey or jam
When level is back to normal consider if it is more than an hour to the next meal, if it is eat something with a slower carb
Portion of fruit
1 – 2 slices Toast
1 Sandwich
2 biscuits
1 cereal bar or breakfast cereal bar
Again it's personal but I would normally take 10g or under of fast carb and won't normally eat the 'extra' ; it really depends upon what I'm doing and the reason for the hypo
There are lots of info sheets online. Here's one for adults
http://www.sheffield.nhs.uk/dietitians/ ... caemia.pdf
Maybe your friend was just a bit low rather than really hypo.
If I wasn't that low (say just under 4mmol/l ) and had gone low because I'd been doing some housework/ lot of walking round the shops etc then a choc biscuit with a cup of coffee could be just the thing. (you learn this sort of thing by experience.) Personally though I would normally only eat one choc biscuit (have been known to share a piece of cake with my OH) Most biscuits have at least 8gm of carbohydrate so 8 biscuits would (without insulin) would send me from mildly hypo to sky high.
Normal advice for a hypo is to take 10- 20 g fast acting glucose. wait 10-15 min and test again. If glucose level still under 4mmol/l retreat.
10g rapidly absorbed carbohydrate
• 100mls Ribena (from carton)
• 3 glucose tablets or lucozade tablets
• 50mls Lucozade Energy
• 100ml cola or 7-up or Sprite (not diet varieties)
• 3 jelly beans or jelly babies or fruit pastilles
• 100ml unsweetened fruit juice (from carton)
• 2 teaspoons of honey or jam
When level is back to normal consider if it is more than an hour to the next meal, if it is eat something with a slower carb
Portion of fruit
1 – 2 slices Toast
1 Sandwich
2 biscuits
1 cereal bar or breakfast cereal bar
Again it's personal but I would normally take 10g or under of fast carb and won't normally eat the 'extra' ; it really depends upon what I'm doing and the reason for the hypo
There are lots of info sheets online. Here's one for adults
http://www.sheffield.nhs.uk/dietitians/ ... caemia.pdf
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trini said:
Phoenix has already covered everything with regards to treating a hypo, however you could ask your friend to join the forum where they will receive advice on such matters in the future
