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Hypos and stomach ache

As a warning? Not really for me, but hypos cause a whole swathe of symptoms and vary from person to person. Most people feel very hungry! (Always a mistake to have anything too nice as your emergency carbohydrate because it's way too easy to eat too much of it.) My main symptom, other than feeling shaky/hungry is that I find complex abstractions difficult (eg maths).
 
Antje77 said:
Not an ache, but something like hunger pangs are a sign for me to check bg. I often feel that when I'm around 4. Or I'm just hungry of course.
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Yeah it must be the same then. It’s similar to hunger pangs but higher up. I always thought perhaps it’s the pancreas itself because I’ve had it when I’m not hungry.
 
mountaintom said:
Yeah it must be the same then. It’s similar to hunger pangs but higher up. I always thought perhaps it’s the pancreas itself because I’ve had it when I’m not hungry.
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I actually like it, because this feeling usually warns me of a hypo coming up before it's there. The best hypo is a prevented one!
 
mountaintom said:
Hi all,

Does anyone get stomach ache when they’re going low/hypo?
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Hi @mountaintom, This is from the index of the book on the left:
Hypoglycaemia 3, 11, 16, 17, 23-25,
33, 43, 48-49, 50, 62, 65-66, 72, 74-75, 86-87
Appearance, deathly pale 16, 25
Appearance, drunk 25
Auras 25, 50, 87
Brain function 11, 21, 24-25, 46, 50, 65, 72, 75
Choices, inability to make 11, 24, 25, 75
Depression 25, 27
Driving 24, 67-69, 77
Emotional overload 25
Glucose tolerance 24
Hands, shakiness of 25
Headache 25, 48, 50
Hunger, enveloping 49
Impotence 14-15
Loss of memory 50
Speech, slowed 25
slurred 25
Staring vaguely 25, 72
Stars, seeing red 25
Stealing 75
Tingling 25
Violent or aggressive reactions 25, 43, 50
I can't remember stomach aches - only when Hyperglycaemic!
All the best
 
I don't get stomach ache, but can get hunger pains, like today, just cooked lunch and bingo 3.7mmol/l, timing for a change was perfect so didn't use fast acting glucose, just carried on and ate lunch.
 
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