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<blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 1930834" data-attributes="member: 85785"><p>There are different 'types' of Hypoglycaemia or RH as is often quoted, because of course it is a generalisation of having the symptoms, episodes of Hypoglycaemia.</p><p>I have been diagnosed as ' Late Reactive Hypoglycaemia'.</p><p>I must have had the condition at least ten years before diagnosis, and four years after being misdiagnosed as T2.</p><p>Just to explain, there is Reactive Hypoglycaemia, the condition.</p><p>Then there is other endocrine conditions, which have the symptoms, which is similar to RH, but is a reaction to the hormonal response to food.</p><p>Also, like T1, known as the rebound effect.</p><p></p><p>It is a controllable condition, there is no cure, but like me you can be healthy and fit, but a very low carb diet is essential, because the hypos are caused by the very weak initial insulin response, the glucose dumping which triggers the overshoot to counter the high glucose. The overshoot is too much and the hypo episode is inevitable.</p><p>We cannot treat hypos as a T1 would, because that would create even more episodes of going high then low, as you say a rollercoaster.</p><p>To stop all that happening, a very low carb diet, would prevent the spike, if no spike, no hyper, no hyper, no overshoot, no hypo.</p><p>It has worked for me!</p><p>That is my layman's version of my experience and living with the condition since 2013. </p><p>I might add that, that those with type two can be a consequence of having RH and there is little or non existent research into endocrine conditions as such.</p><p>Mainly because of high insulin levels, insulin resistance and high glucose levels after food.</p><p>Of course, unless the supervised tests are done, you cannot diagnose which type you have.</p><p>And again, I have read that some pancreatic conditions can be asymptomatic with Hypoglycaemia.</p><p>The reason why doctors assume other conditions is because of training and not recognising the symptoms, not having the availability of testing. As with diabetes, high insulin levels are not tested for and would be a good example of early signs of prevention.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lamont D, post: 1930834, member: 85785"] There are different 'types' of Hypoglycaemia or RH as is often quoted, because of course it is a generalisation of having the symptoms, episodes of Hypoglycaemia. I have been diagnosed as ' Late Reactive Hypoglycaemia'. I must have had the condition at least ten years before diagnosis, and four years after being misdiagnosed as T2. Just to explain, there is Reactive Hypoglycaemia, the condition. Then there is other endocrine conditions, which have the symptoms, which is similar to RH, but is a reaction to the hormonal response to food. Also, like T1, known as the rebound effect. It is a controllable condition, there is no cure, but like me you can be healthy and fit, but a very low carb diet is essential, because the hypos are caused by the very weak initial insulin response, the glucose dumping which triggers the overshoot to counter the high glucose. The overshoot is too much and the hypo episode is inevitable. We cannot treat hypos as a T1 would, because that would create even more episodes of going high then low, as you say a rollercoaster. To stop all that happening, a very low carb diet, would prevent the spike, if no spike, no hyper, no hyper, no overshoot, no hypo. It has worked for me! That is my layman's version of my experience and living with the condition since 2013. I might add that, that those with type two can be a consequence of having RH and there is little or non existent research into endocrine conditions as such. Mainly because of high insulin levels, insulin resistance and high glucose levels after food. Of course, unless the supervised tests are done, you cannot diagnose which type you have. And again, I have read that some pancreatic conditions can be asymptomatic with Hypoglycaemia. The reason why doctors assume other conditions is because of training and not recognising the symptoms, not having the availability of testing. As with diabetes, high insulin levels are not tested for and would be a good example of early signs of prevention. [/QUOTE]
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