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<blockquote data-quote="AliB73" data-source="post: 2182781" data-attributes="member: 388183"><p>Hi</p><p>The advice for a hypo is:</p><p>15g fast acting carbs (just glucose or just sugar e.g. as mentioned full sugar pop, jelly babies (about 4), glucotabs etc.). Chocolate, biscuits, milk etc. will work but will take longer due to teh fat and protein content.</p><p>Then (as above) wait 15 minutes. This part you have to trust. If (as I used to) you continue eating until you feel better your will masssively overtreat the hypo and end up with a sky high blood glucose.</p><p>After 15 minutes (just sit down while waiting) you need to retest BEFORE having slower release carbs. If sttill below 4mmol/l (3.5 for DAFNE), then you need to retreat. It sounds as if your son's blood glucose levels are ending up lower and so the usual amount of fast acting carbs isn't bringing him back into normal range. Is he more actice? He may jsut be more insulin sensitive now and need an adjustment to his insulin doses/ratios if having more frequent/severe hypos. </p><p>You keep repeating this - treat with 15g fast acting carbs, wait 15 mins, retest...until blood glucose is back in normal range. Then follow up with something a bit slower realease carbs which is where the biscuit etc. could come in, or just have your next meal if it's due.</p><p>Hope that helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AliB73, post: 2182781, member: 388183"] Hi The advice for a hypo is: 15g fast acting carbs (just glucose or just sugar e.g. as mentioned full sugar pop, jelly babies (about 4), glucotabs etc.). Chocolate, biscuits, milk etc. will work but will take longer due to teh fat and protein content. Then (as above) wait 15 minutes. This part you have to trust. If (as I used to) you continue eating until you feel better your will masssively overtreat the hypo and end up with a sky high blood glucose. After 15 minutes (just sit down while waiting) you need to retest BEFORE having slower release carbs. If sttill below 4mmol/l (3.5 for DAFNE), then you need to retreat. It sounds as if your son's blood glucose levels are ending up lower and so the usual amount of fast acting carbs isn't bringing him back into normal range. Is he more actice? He may jsut be more insulin sensitive now and need an adjustment to his insulin doses/ratios if having more frequent/severe hypos. You keep repeating this - treat with 15g fast acting carbs, wait 15 mins, retest...until blood glucose is back in normal range. Then follow up with something a bit slower realease carbs which is where the biscuit etc. could come in, or just have your next meal if it's due. Hope that helps [/QUOTE]
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