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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 2124888" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>The way it was explained to me is that the body has an "autonomic" system which takes care of basic things like keeping you at the right temperature, breathing, heart rate, and bg level without you needing to think about them (although, obviously as T1s we do need to think about the last one!), and the adrenalin rush is part of the autonomic system. </p><p></p><p>I expect you'll have had hypos where you're shakey, sweaty, jittery, but still thinking straight. That's just got to the stage where the autonomic system is engaged. </p><p></p><p>But hypos where thinking is getting muddled, confused, has a "neuroglycopenic" aspect to it - brain isn't getting enough glucose.</p><p></p><p>I suspect with false hypos, it's just an autonomic thing, and nowhere near neuroglycopenic, so the adrenalin etc. would sort it out without any real risk of coma, seizures.</p><p></p><p>It seems that the autonomic responses kick in before the neuroglycopenic bit, but, in the fun world of T1, a slow steady glide down can bypass the first and take you straight into the second. I can still remember one of my first hypos a few weeks after dx - was sitting watching telly, no shakes or sweating, just started feeling dreamy and out of it.</p><p></p><p>If nothing else, "autonomic" and "neuroglycopenic" are handy words to have for Scrabble and pub quizzes!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 2124888, member: 374531"] The way it was explained to me is that the body has an "autonomic" system which takes care of basic things like keeping you at the right temperature, breathing, heart rate, and bg level without you needing to think about them (although, obviously as T1s we do need to think about the last one!), and the adrenalin rush is part of the autonomic system. I expect you'll have had hypos where you're shakey, sweaty, jittery, but still thinking straight. That's just got to the stage where the autonomic system is engaged. But hypos where thinking is getting muddled, confused, has a "neuroglycopenic" aspect to it - brain isn't getting enough glucose. I suspect with false hypos, it's just an autonomic thing, and nowhere near neuroglycopenic, so the adrenalin etc. would sort it out without any real risk of coma, seizures. It seems that the autonomic responses kick in before the neuroglycopenic bit, but, in the fun world of T1, a slow steady glide down can bypass the first and take you straight into the second. I can still remember one of my first hypos a few weeks after dx - was sitting watching telly, no shakes or sweating, just started feeling dreamy and out of it. If nothing else, "autonomic" and "neuroglycopenic" are handy words to have for Scrabble and pub quizzes! [/QUOTE]
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