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<blockquote data-quote="Pneu" data-source="post: 242698" data-attributes="member: 28827"><p>Hypoglycaemia is not limited to diabetics and under the right set of circumstances anyone can become hypo. </p><p></p><p>Medically 'normal' fasting blood glucose ranges from 3.3 mmol/l to around 4.5 mmol/l... healthy individuals normally present symptom of hypoglycaemia at around 2.4 - 2.7 mmol/l... </p><p></p><p>General advice is not to let your blood glucose go below 4 mmol/l as if you are being treated with medication then potentially your blood glucose can change more rapidly and therefore you are at greater risk of hypo. Any symptoms that you feel before you go much below 3 mmol/l are your body prompting you to eat in an attempt to avoid a hypo.. these feelings are generally felt as we drop below 4 mmol/l but can be higher in individuals that have poor blood glucose control.</p><p></p><p>As with anything however people are individuals and ranges are averages so you may be different...</p><p></p><p>Also not to sound dis-respectful to the type 2's out there but there are hypos and there are 'hypos!' feeling a little shaky and confused and bad is a mild hypo and obviously needs to be treated.. but then there are hypo's where you lose time, pass out, have fits.. and literally take days to recover from.. those are 'real' hypo's and not just your body prompting you to eat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pneu, post: 242698, member: 28827"] Hypoglycaemia is not limited to diabetics and under the right set of circumstances anyone can become hypo. Medically 'normal' fasting blood glucose ranges from 3.3 mmol/l to around 4.5 mmol/l... healthy individuals normally present symptom of hypoglycaemia at around 2.4 - 2.7 mmol/l... General advice is not to let your blood glucose go below 4 mmol/l as if you are being treated with medication then potentially your blood glucose can change more rapidly and therefore you are at greater risk of hypo. Any symptoms that you feel before you go much below 3 mmol/l are your body prompting you to eat in an attempt to avoid a hypo.. these feelings are generally felt as we drop below 4 mmol/l but can be higher in individuals that have poor blood glucose control. As with anything however people are individuals and ranges are averages so you may be different... Also not to sound dis-respectful to the type 2's out there but there are hypos and there are 'hypos!' feeling a little shaky and confused and bad is a mild hypo and obviously needs to be treated.. but then there are hypo's where you lose time, pass out, have fits.. and literally take days to recover from.. those are 'real' hypo's and not just your body prompting you to eat. [/QUOTE]
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