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lee39

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Hello all i done routine bs test before tea today and my reading was 3.4.But i felt absolutely fine ive only had diabetes just under a month so was wondering if its a case of everyone having there own tolerence level for hypo or was i dangerously low i had some dextros by the way and bs shot up.
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lee
 
Hi Lee I thought you might be interested in this general information on hypos put together by the forum monitors :

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=18529

Ask more questions if you need to
 
Lee,

At 3.4 you are definitely hypo and you did well treating this before your tea. I'm quite surprised you felt fine at this level as you have only been diagnosed a month and should have had the classic hypo warning signs outlined in daisy's link. Anything below 4 is classed as a hypo, anyone who doesn't recognise a hypo are said to have lost their 'hypo awareness' and this can be very worrying when injecting insulin.

Nigel
 
I've had diabetes for 14 years but i've noticed in the last couple of years my hypo awareness is changing, sometimes I can be 3 and not feel it and others i'm shaking at about 4, I don't really know why it happens like that but I would definatley say always keep checking your sugars, you'll get an intuitive feeling as to whether your low or not, thats about all i've got to rely on these days lol
 
Hypo awareness definitely changes over time. after 21 years I am now looking out for a totally different set of things compared to when I was first diagnosed.
I would also say, don't worry too much. Hypos are all different and just coz you have dropped low without realising doesn't mean you have lost your symptoms. Could be they have just changed a bit, could be it was a one-off. I once got absorbed in a book and only when I realised the room felt oddly 'dark' did I check my blood and found the meter said 'LO' (ie, on that meter, below 2.0). But I still have recognisable hypo symptoms most of the time.
 
As Snodger said, hypos and symptoms vary and not recognising one isn't cause for panic. As a child we noticed sometimes mum could tell I was hypo before I felt it, sometimes it was the other way round. Sometimes the symptoms are very clear, sometimes more subtle, perhaps you're not tuned into your more subtle signs yet.
 
Hi thx to everyone for there input its been very helpful.Im not sure if ive had a hypo but sometimes i feel light headed and a bit blurgh if you what i mean but when i check bs its fine 5 or higher thats why i couldnt understand feeling fine when i was low.Anyways i guess i gotta get used to my bs being a normal level as i was oblivious to my bs level before i was diagnosed it was in 20s when i first visited doctor.
thx again
lee
 

If someone no longer has good hypo awareness then it is important that they do something about it to get that awareness back. The usual course is to run the levels slightly higher for a while so the body/brain gets accustomed to safer, more normal levels and in due course your hypo awareness should improve.

It's a common thing for some long term T1's to get, but is usually rectifiable without too much hassle. Something they would need to discuss with their HCP.

http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/easdec/eyetext ... htm#losing
 
Thank Cugila, I've a funny feeling that sometimes mine could be because i've been running slightly higher and then when I come back down to normal it messes up my recognition. Who know's hey
 
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