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<blockquote data-quote="SandraR" data-source="post: 226461" data-attributes="member: 33762"><p>I give my son Lucozade if we are at home. He doesn't like many of the flavours, but he says the Apple one is okay. He only needs about 60ml which is only a couple of cm's poured into a cup or glass. If he's very out of it, I can give it with a straw.</p><p></p><p>The problem for us is what hypo treatment to carry when out - needs to be something small, light and doesn't crumble, leak, squash or melt - but at the same time needs to work as quickly as glucose does.</p><p></p><p>At the moment, I am buying some tiny packs of sweets (can't remember what they're called) but the pack is the size of a pack of chewing gum, has about 6 sweets in and fits into his BG meter case. I reckon its much harder for a boy/man to carry hypo kit because they don't have handbags! (Or at least, my son doesn't!). </p><p></p><p>We've tried glucose tabs - he doesn't like them and they get damp easily, crumble etc and get on fingers causing the next BG test to be contaminated.</p><p>We've tried those little bottles of Glucojuice - very expensive, doesn't like them much</p><p>We've tried jelly babies - difficult to put a few in pocket/bag</p><p>We've tried sports beans - expensive and once opened, the rest of the packet spill out</p><p>We've tried fruit pastilles - too tempting to each the whole tube!</p><p></p><p>I can't believe people use things like chocolate or milk - they must take ages to work?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SandraR, post: 226461, member: 33762"] I give my son Lucozade if we are at home. He doesn't like many of the flavours, but he says the Apple one is okay. He only needs about 60ml which is only a couple of cm's poured into a cup or glass. If he's very out of it, I can give it with a straw. The problem for us is what hypo treatment to carry when out - needs to be something small, light and doesn't crumble, leak, squash or melt - but at the same time needs to work as quickly as glucose does. At the moment, I am buying some tiny packs of sweets (can't remember what they're called) but the pack is the size of a pack of chewing gum, has about 6 sweets in and fits into his BG meter case. I reckon its much harder for a boy/man to carry hypo kit because they don't have handbags! (Or at least, my son doesn't!). We've tried glucose tabs - he doesn't like them and they get damp easily, crumble etc and get on fingers causing the next BG test to be contaminated. We've tried those little bottles of Glucojuice - very expensive, doesn't like them much We've tried jelly babies - difficult to put a few in pocket/bag We've tried sports beans - expensive and once opened, the rest of the packet spill out We've tried fruit pastilles - too tempting to each the whole tube! I can't believe people use things like chocolate or milk - they must take ages to work? [/QUOTE]
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