Not had one of thoses for a while!....

Not a parent but diabetic for 15 years...

Usually 4 and lower is a hypo but she must have started reacting prior to that. What are her BGs like normally? Does she usually run quite high?

A friend of mine had a hypo as low as 1.2 and generally went vacant, stopped communicating and was sweaty/clammy.
I've never seen someone thresh about but I've heard it can happen.


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Hi Tina,
Don't forget your reading has a 20% error margin, so the 4.1 could have in fact been in the 3s. All test strips are the same unfortunately. Mine wasn't having hers the other night.. Pushing me away etc.. But I'm glad I persevered as she 2.8. It's hard I know.


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Hi
Our DSN said the number doesn't matter, a hypo is a hypo, you can be fine in the 2's but eyes rolling in the 3's.
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Hi. So sorry to hear about your daughter it DOES get easier. My daughter was diagnosed last Dec aged 6 so we are 6 months in now. Within time it will become more routine and her tolerance will build up. It's harder for the parents as we worry so much. The first few weeks are tough emotionally. You'll have lots of questions as time goes by.

Yeah hypos don't get easier just more easily recognised.

With her blood sugars running higher, she may get warning signs before she stars hitting the 4's. I used to always run mine in double figures (before I started looking after myself properly). I got warnings around 5-6.

Maybe some sort of little snack or something before bed would reduce the risk of night time hypos.
I regularly grab a Hobnob before bed if I'm lower than I want to be (other biscuits are available )


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Also, hypos are funny things. Sometimes I feel fine at 3 but proper have alarm bells at 4. It can be swings and roundabouts. The best way to deal with it is to test regularly.

If in doubt, test


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This happened to my daughter a few months ago. It was a hypoglycaemic seizure and possibly one of the most frightening experience s of my life. She is four and did exactly as you describe, except she was kind of roaring instead of screaming. Completely unresponsive. Managed to do a blood test ans she was 1.4. Called an ambulance as she was clearly having some kind of fit. Took her a few hours to recover, but was fine after. However, when I spoke to her consultant about it, she said that it wasn't the fact that she went so low that caused the seizure, but the fact that she fell so fast. She had been 14.8 at 23.30 and dropped to 1.4 by 02.00. So, just wondering if it may have been the same for you? X

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