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Diabetic hypoglycaemia episodes minus the diabetes.... what is going on?!

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Alambil · 05/04/2008 21:22

I've been checked for diabetes and am clear but whenever I'm ill (ie being sick ill - not just colds etc) I have hypo episodes and occasionally it just happens with no illness to account for it.

If I am sick, this hypo turns in to proper unconscious episode (I usually get enough time to get in bed etc...) and have to literally sleep it off - I cannot stay awake.

Sometimes, when I start to get the warnings, I can fend it off if I have something sweet...

Is this normal??!

Do you think I should carry non-perishable sweets with me at all times incase it "just happens"? (usually it comes on when I'm at home or something but I guess it could happen anywhere - especially when I start long hours at uni)

Is there anything I can do to stop myself collapsing after puking? I am quite worried that if it happened in a daytime, I'd be too incapacitated to be able to see to DS - so far, it's luckily only happened at night when he's in bed.

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oldraver · 16/02/2009 19:48

LewisFan... As you have had this from being young this may not apply to you and I dont know if the info is relevent. I have PCOS and Ihave I the past (not so often now) had episodes of Low Blood sugar. For me the warning sign is feeling quite agitated and a tingling on the tongue and lips and can be bought on by skipping food. A sugary snack etc brings it back up then I usually click I havnt eaten properly. Many people with PCOS produce too much Insulin so its very easy for the insulin/glucose balance to be out quite quickly. Much like a previous poster said about someone taking too much Insulin

Google hperinsinulism

smudgethepuppydog · 16/02/2009 20:02

Has your adrenal output ever been tested?

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