Juvenile Hypoglycemia?

[highcountry_3]

My son who is 5 yrs old. has run into a problem.  Just 1 week ago he has developed seizures. He has had 2 so far. The hospital tells me that they were Gran Maul. The last one he had lasted maybe 2 or 3 mins.  When the amubulance arrived he became none resonsive. They asked if there was a family history of diabetes.  Of course I said yes. On both sides.  They then took his surgar levels.  It was 34.  I then realized this was BAD.  When we got to the hosp. they did nothing for him.  Now I'm being told there is NO WAY POSSIBLE that hypoglycemia can cause a seizure.  I need real advice from someone.  They want to lable him as epiletic.  Can someone give me advice!   PLEASE  

[JDRF-VOL-SG]

They are absolutely wrong in saying that hypoglycemia cannot cause seizures. A very severe low like the one your son had CAN indeed cause seizures. And those seizures stop as soon as the blood sugar levels are normalized. Usually, some twitching of muscles, sometimes shaking hands, sometimes twitch to face, happens first, so watch for those symptoms. I would suggest that you look very carefully at his diet, avoiding all high-glycemic index foods and caffeine. Keep some small juice boxes or cans handy wherever you are, and if he complains of headache, fatigue, or if he seems cold for no reason, you may want to offer some juice to bring sugar levels up. If I were you, I would ask to be referred to a juvenile diabetes specialist, who can tell you first-hand that seizures can be caused by severe hypoglycemia. No, he does not sound like he is diabetic, but severe hypoglycemia can be just as scary for parents to deal with.

[highcountry_3]

I want to thank you for this information.  I found it very intresting.  Also I started to check his surgar a little.  I have noticed that it goes rather high for my liking.  The last time I took it in the morning as soon as he woke up it was 120.  I don't know if thats good or bad BUT his doctor keeps saying he is fine.  I also took it that same day before dinner (with no snacks in between lunch and dinner) and it was 176.  How bad is that?  But I wanted to thank you.