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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1584286" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>So, if you have one hypo, your something like 50% more at risk of another hypo the same day.</p><p></p><p>This is because if you have had a hypo that has caused you liver to release some of its glucose stores to nudge you blood sugar up you body will prioritise restocking the liver stores when the hypo is treated. So instead of sugar staying in your blood, it will be being locked away in your liver. So if you treat your hypo with a small amount of fast acting carbs only your body will still be focused on getting sugar into you liver when those carbs are glucose in your blood. That's why it's a good idea to do immediate hypo treatment with fast acting carbs and then when you are over 4 follow up with a small complex carb snack (a digestive,an oatcake, a rice cake) because that shoul help avoid crashing back down when the liver is restocked.</p><p></p><p>Also, be careful with the bolus calculator on the pump adding corrections on for mealtime bolus if the high it wants to correct is a high caused by a hypo treatment. Because you're more vulnerable to repeated hypos after one hypo just exercise a bit of caution with correction. I just mention because it seems like that could have happened with hypo at 11, then porridge (with bolus I guess?), then hypos at 2 and 4.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1584286, member: 32394"] So, if you have one hypo, your something like 50% more at risk of another hypo the same day. This is because if you have had a hypo that has caused you liver to release some of its glucose stores to nudge you blood sugar up you body will prioritise restocking the liver stores when the hypo is treated. So instead of sugar staying in your blood, it will be being locked away in your liver. So if you treat your hypo with a small amount of fast acting carbs only your body will still be focused on getting sugar into you liver when those carbs are glucose in your blood. That's why it's a good idea to do immediate hypo treatment with fast acting carbs and then when you are over 4 follow up with a small complex carb snack (a digestive,an oatcake, a rice cake) because that shoul help avoid crashing back down when the liver is restocked. Also, be careful with the bolus calculator on the pump adding corrections on for mealtime bolus if the high it wants to correct is a high caused by a hypo treatment. Because you're more vulnerable to repeated hypos after one hypo just exercise a bit of caution with correction. I just mention because it seems like that could have happened with hypo at 11, then porridge (with bolus I guess?), then hypos at 2 and 4. [/QUOTE]
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