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<blockquote data-quote="Mungobean" data-source="post: 2433243" data-attributes="member: 545261"><p>Hi, I am newly diagnosed, and I am currently suffering from several hypos per day and most nights I wake up with a hypo at some point. On a couple of occasions it’s taken upwards of an hour to get my sugar back over 4. At what point should I seek medical attention? Is it if I can’t get my levels over 4 after a certain period, or if my initial reading is at a certain level? I use a basal insulin and I have a fast acting one too, but haven’t been using the fast acting one of late as my readings have been low. What level is too low? If I have a hypo I reduce my basal insulin the next day, but then seem to end up increasing it again, as the next morning my levels are too high. The other day I woke at 3am with a level of 3.1. I had some glucogel and then half a bagel, but it seemed to take ages for my levels to get above 4 (90 minutes +) yet when I woke up at 8am, my blood sugars were 17. It all just seems so erratic! </p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mungobean, post: 2433243, member: 545261"] Hi, I am newly diagnosed, and I am currently suffering from several hypos per day and most nights I wake up with a hypo at some point. On a couple of occasions it’s taken upwards of an hour to get my sugar back over 4. At what point should I seek medical attention? Is it if I can’t get my levels over 4 after a certain period, or if my initial reading is at a certain level? I use a basal insulin and I have a fast acting one too, but haven’t been using the fast acting one of late as my readings have been low. What level is too low? If I have a hypo I reduce my basal insulin the next day, but then seem to end up increasing it again, as the next morning my levels are too high. The other day I woke at 3am with a level of 3.1. I had some glucogel and then half a bagel, but it seemed to take ages for my levels to get above 4 (90 minutes +) yet when I woke up at 8am, my blood sugars were 17. It all just seems so erratic! Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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