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Is overheating a symptom or a cause of hypo?

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Calibos

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Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
When I wake up in the night in the throws of a hypo my legs especially feel like they are about to melt. If it is a day time hypo I start to feel clammy and sweaty as well.

I was just wondering whether over heating is a symptom or a cause.
 
It's both a symptom and a 'warning sign', but not the cause of the hypo...

From a T1d point of view.
 
Calibos said:
When I wake up in the night in the throws of a hypo my legs especially feel like they are about to melt. If it is a day time hypo I start to feel clammy and sweaty as well.

I was just wondering whether over heating is a symptom or a cause.
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Hi there, you seem to be having a few hypos? As kev says, have you tried to pinpoint the cause? They can be dangerous so you do need to try and prevent them. x
 
I do find personally that heat affects my insulin absorption so sometimes if I have a hot bath after dinner I have to be careful as I can drop. I imagine it’s to do with improved circulation, but don’t know if others get this, just a pattern I’ve noticed.
 
I get the rare sleeping hypo where I sweat, and sweat so bad I need a shower and clean bedding and a long hard word with myself, to me it's as the hypo has been 'there' for a long period of time but has been untreated and in my mind is a 'basal' hypo as I've no fast acting running at 3 or 4am.

Hot showers, hot weather, hydration, I think there's a few triggers but again that's from a T1 point of view.
 
Thanks for your thoughts everyone.
 
Hi @Calibos
Do you know why you are going hypo?
Are you on meds? Do you have to take insulin?
Do you record your hypo levels?
 
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