wiflib
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- Type of diabetes
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I feel I must add a comment on this. A hypo is officially defined as any reading below 4 mmol. I'm not sure it makes much difference if you are on meds or not. I went down to 2.6 a few weeks back but like the poster was able to take action and have some glucose tablets. I agree if you are not on insulin or a sulfonyl urea you are highly unlikely to go into a full hypo i.e. lose all control but as we all know the 4 mmol definition is a bit arbitrary and varies from day to day for many of us and there are a few like the poster who can have a level of hypo even with no meds.
So what about those of us who regularly run on 3’s and 4’s?
Unless on a drug that lowers sugars, there’s no need to treat a hypo, your liver will do that for you. Treating a hypo will just cause all those rebound highs and lows.