Feeling Hypo At Normal Bg Posted: 07-09-07 16:39pm
I have had reasonably well-controled type
II diabetes for several years. My blood
glucose levels have never gone higher than
about 160 any time that I have measured
them, and normally they are much lower
(about 120) between/after meals and
between 100 and 115 fasting. My HbA1c is
about 6.7%. I never get truly
hypoglycemic--the lowest I have measured
it is about 88. Yet I find that if my
blood glucose is below 100, I feel
classical hypoglycemic symptoms--headache,
nausea, shakiness, fatigue, etc. Recently
while I was on vacation and doing a lot of
walking, I got so nauseous that I actually
threw up on three different occasions when
my blood sugar was still about 95-98, and
eating something like half an Atkins bar
or a few almonds made me feel better
within a few minutes, so it wasn't some
other kind of nausea (eg. bad food).
I know that people with severe diabetes
(>250) who suddenly are brought back
into normal range can experience these
symptoms at normal glucose levels, but
since I have never been that bad, I am at
a loss to know why this keeps happening on
a daily basis. My doctor just says that
some people react like that, but that is
not a very helpful answer.
Why does this happen? Should I just learn
to tolerate these symptoms in order to
keep my blood sugar as low-normal as
possible?? It is annoying and embarassing,
particularly the vomiting.
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themadmarmoset
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Feeling Hypo Posted: 07-18-07 12:49pm
I am a type 1 diabetic. One thing that can
make you feel like that is a fluxuation in
Bg. You may be monitoring your levels and
not notice it unless you test all day
long. One thing you can try is to eat more
ffrequent, but smaller meals to keep
yourself from fluxuating as much. Hope
this helps you, puking gets old real
quick.
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