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<blockquote data-quote="Grazer" data-source="post: 242775" data-attributes="member: 31362"><p></p><p>Thanks Pneu, good summing up. I think the reality is that a lot of people talk about "hypos" but are at cross purposes as to what a DANGEROUS hypo really is. As I've agreed a number of times on this thread, anyone (including non diabetics) can get low blood sugar, which we often refer to on this forum as a "hypo"; my daughter gets them and it's a bit unpleasant. It's quite common amongst non-diabetics that work hard and skip lunch. But it's not a medical emergency. I've had one (3.2) and felt dizzy, bit weak - I'd played 18 holes of golf in the burning sun with no food. But I wasn't about to get taken to hospital. I do think that BECAUSE we're diabetic and have knowledge that non-diabetics don't, we refer to things like low blood sugar in the diabetic "hypo" way rather than the way a non-diabetic would - felt a bit rough so had a mars bar (Lucky swine!) As Pneu said, a true dangerous hypo is insulin induced, and <u>can</u> lead to collapse, coma and hospital treatment. Metformin simply doesn't do that; it can't given the medical way it works on our bodies; - diet only certainly doesn't. SOME diabetic drugs that stimulate our own insulin production (metformin doesn't) can in some circumstances according to medical info induce a hypo, although it would normally be mild. Of course there will be medical conditions that can inflict hypos on people not on insulin I'm sure, but that would probably apply equally to non-diabetics. </p><p>As Borofergie said, if you knock back a glucose tab as a T2 on diet only (or Met) everytime you think you've got low blood sugar, you're probably doing yourself a dis-service. </p><p>Perhaps we need a new word for non-diabetic type hypos - "non insulin (or similar) induced low blood sugar" doesn't really trip off the tongue, but using the same term for it as you do for insulin induced hypos is, in my opinion, misleading, unpleasant though I'm sure they can be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grazer, post: 242775, member: 31362"] [i][/i] Thanks Pneu, good summing up. I think the reality is that a lot of people talk about "hypos" but are at cross purposes as to what a DANGEROUS hypo really is. As I've agreed a number of times on this thread, anyone (including non diabetics) can get low blood sugar, which we often refer to on this forum as a "hypo"; my daughter gets them and it's a bit unpleasant. It's quite common amongst non-diabetics that work hard and skip lunch. But it's not a medical emergency. I've had one (3.2) and felt dizzy, bit weak - I'd played 18 holes of golf in the burning sun with no food. But I wasn't about to get taken to hospital. I do think that BECAUSE we're diabetic and have knowledge that non-diabetics don't, we refer to things like low blood sugar in the diabetic "hypo" way rather than the way a non-diabetic would - felt a bit rough so had a mars bar (Lucky swine!) As Pneu said, a true dangerous hypo is insulin induced, and [u]can[/u] lead to collapse, coma and hospital treatment. Metformin simply doesn't do that; it can't given the medical way it works on our bodies; - diet only certainly doesn't. SOME diabetic drugs that stimulate our own insulin production (metformin doesn't) can in some circumstances according to medical info induce a hypo, although it would normally be mild. Of course there will be medical conditions that can inflict hypos on people not on insulin I'm sure, but that would probably apply equally to non-diabetics. As Borofergie said, if you knock back a glucose tab as a T2 on diet only (or Met) everytime you think you've got low blood sugar, you're probably doing yourself a dis-service. Perhaps we need a new word for non-diabetic type hypos - "non insulin (or similar) induced low blood sugar" doesn't really trip off the tongue, but using the same term for it as you do for insulin induced hypos is, in my opinion, misleading, unpleasant though I'm sure they can be. [/QUOTE]
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