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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1479086" data-attributes="member: 32394">No, that's wholly incorrect. If someone is hypo (has low blood sugar) and you give them insulin, there's a pretty strong risk that will kill them. Insulin lowers blood sugar. If someone is hypo it is treated with fast acting carbs - the opposite of insulin.Diabetes is a condition of high blood sugar, so, as previously stated, anyone being diagnosed with diabetes will have been hyperglycaemic when diagnosed. Hyperglycaemia is how you are diagnosed with diabetes. Hyperglycaemia does require control to keep blood sugar lower either by diet and exercise or by medication - it's the medication used to control diabetes that can cause low blood sugar, not the diabetes itself. There is no hypo variant of diabetes.</blockquote>

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