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<blockquote data-quote="RuthW" data-source="post: 936769" data-attributes="member: 148713"><p>Yes, he means hypoglycemia, but No, 3.8 isn't hypoglycemia. Her consultant is right, of course. 2.2 mmol is the bottom end of the range of normal blood sugar readings in NON-diabetics. </p><p></p><p>The hypo definition for Type 1 diabetics has a built-in "buffer zone" because, unlike non-diabetics, when we hit 4.0 or 3.8, or 3.2, or whatever random number is chosen in the country where you live, we MAY still have insulin-on-board, so we MAY be heading into a full-on hypo. But biologically speaking 3.8 is a perfectly normal blood sugar. I regularly wake up with a blood sugar round that mark and my consultant is happy with it because it is stable and not falling because I have my basal rates set right on my pump.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RuthW, post: 936769, member: 148713"] Yes, he means hypoglycemia, but No, 3.8 isn't hypoglycemia. Her consultant is right, of course. 2.2 mmol is the bottom end of the range of normal blood sugar readings in NON-diabetics. The hypo definition for Type 1 diabetics has a built-in "buffer zone" because, unlike non-diabetics, when we hit 4.0 or 3.8, or 3.2, or whatever random number is chosen in the country where you live, we MAY still have insulin-on-board, so we MAY be heading into a full-on hypo. But biologically speaking 3.8 is a perfectly normal blood sugar. I regularly wake up with a blood sugar round that mark and my consultant is happy with it because it is stable and not falling because I have my basal rates set right on my pump. [/QUOTE]
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