“The main reason hypoglycemia unawareness occurs is because a person has low blood sugar repeatedly, over and over again, and the body stops recognizing it as abnormal,” Silverman says. Hypoglycemia is usually caused by changes in diet, exercise, or medication. How is hypoglycemia unawareness tr...
People with type 1 diabetes are most vulnerable to severe insulin reactions, which can cause loss of consciousness. A few patients with long-standing insulin-dependent diabetes may develop a condition known as hypoglycemia unawareness, in which they have difficulty recognizing the symptoms of low bloo...
**based on duration of diabetes, age/life expectancy, comorbid conditions, known CVD or advancedmicrovascular complications, hypoglycemia unawareness, and individual patient considerations.†Postprandial glucose may be targeted Blood sugar target levels for nonpregnant adults with diabetes coincide with A1C...
◦ Target attainment is distinctly possible with current treatments, without treatment-emergent hypoglycemia. Intensive glucose control is pivotal for preventing or offsetting diabetes-related long-term outcomes. ◦ With the expanding antidiabetes armamentarium, it is possible to reduce reliance on sulfon...
[115]. CGM is also recommended for individuals whose glucose levels are not at goal, who have frequent hypoglycemia and/or hypoglycemia unawareness, who are taking other medications that cause low blood glucose, who have kidney disease, or who have varying and/or intensive physical activity ...
Universal hypoglycemia “faces” The “faces” of low blood sugar have been around for a few decades. They are an oldie but a goodie. The faces are universal, and most anyone can look at a picture of the cartoon that is “shaking” and know that it stands for shaking, etc. This is ...
In fact, if you aim to get your blood sugar to this range and have type 1 diabetes or are taking insulin for type 2 diabetes, you could actually be at risk of developingtoolowblood sugar, called hypoglycemia. There is even something calledhypoglycemia unawareness,where you no longer feel th...
Hypoglycemia alarms are very useful in insulin-treated patients known for hypoglycemia unawareness. Currently used CGM systems are accurate, with an overall mean absolute relative difference (MARD) for SMBG ranging from 8.1 to 10.6%. [2]. The lower the MARD, the better the accuracy of the CGM...