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night time blood sugers

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lindy26

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Location
Tooting,sw london
Type of diabetes
Parent
Treatment type
Diet only
Hi my son is 20 years old and a type 1 diabetic. We had an emergency hospital appointment yesterday as his blood sugars keep going too high. my question is what should his blood sugar be before going to sleep at night? his was 4 last night , so he ate a snack pot b4 sleeping and when he woke up it was 14 then rose to 17. his nurse said even if his blood is 17 he should eat as soon as he takes his insulin. He waits until his blood sugars lower b4 eating. His overall Hb blood levels are 47. but she said this is 2 low and causing hypos. we've always been told better 2 be lower than higher, surely eating when your blood sugars are 17 will only make them higher, and in the long run cause organ damage and blindness. Hes been a diabetic for 14 years now and ? any comments will be greatly appreciated .
 
Personally I still eat when my levels are higher than expected, but many people would advise against this.

I always do my correction dose separate to my food bolus and before I eat.

It sounds as if your son is swinging from highs to lows and this too can impact hugely on quality of life and longterm outlook.

Lows are far more of a concern than highs to me, as your son may lose his hypo awareness and need assistance.. He would to me be more likely to end up in hospital from a low than dka from what you have posted...

A snackpot is not the ideal food to eat to stave off a hypo. Far better to have 15g of quick acting food.. (7 dolly mixtures for me) and a biscuit than a snackpot.

If your son is having low levels. It would be an idea to test 2 hourly for a day or two and also at night have a test at 3am for a few nights to see what is happening during the night. Even better would be to have one night of testing at 1, 3 and 5am and another night at 2,4 and 6am.
This would give your son a better chance to even out his levels and to adjust his insulin.
 
Give that a go first. Then it will give an idea of levels. Then if you post the readings and times an what time last ate etc.. Hardship for a couple of nights, but it will pay off dividends...
 
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