what happens if the sugar level goes zero (0) ?

[dipenk50]

what happens if the sugar level goes as low as 10 or zero ?

Today morning just half an hour before my wife woke up and found that her sugar level went as low as 35 .o
she is 28 years old 50 kg weight .
I would like to know what happens if it goes really so low , i have made her drink sugar water as of now .

regards,
Dipen

[dylancooperRc12895s]

well if your blood sugar drops to 0 they will not make it they will past away but even when your blood sugar drops to 30 or below a seizure can come on

[Blush1]

Thank y'all for your information. I usually register low but I felt so funny this morning a tested again, and it was an alarming 22! I had a glass of cashew milk and some nonfat plain yogurt and feel so much better. If I take Dristan, I have a funny reaction to it-my son says that is like taking a trip with no luggage- and this was like that! My doctor has me off insulin and with that low I wouldn't take it. I will call to find out what to do and get back to you with what he says. It may be a couple of days, but I'll let you know!

[Zoelula]

Well put, and congratulations to you for getting back on track caring for your diabetes! I hope you are seeing the results of your commitment and probably had forgotten what it was like to feel good!

[dtxpress74]

as a type 1 diabetic for almost 10 years now, i was like your wife. i didn't care about checking my b/s levels for just about the whole time i've been a diabetic until last year when my blood average was 350 with a1c of 10.9-11.4. i decided that i did not want to die before i turned 40(i'm 36)! yes it is a pain in the *** to test as many times a day as recomended and yes it does get expensive, but ask her this, is it worth her life and the grief that you and other loved ones will go through when this could have been prevented? also say to her that testing only takes 5-30 sec of her day (depending on the type of tester). the agnozing death of constant high blood sugars is not something any one should go through. hope this helps.

dtxpress74

[Zoelula]

Your wife's handling of her diabetes is dangerous in so many ways. She absolutely needs to check before each meal because that is how she determines the correct dose, as well as know the carbs she is about to eat. If she "feels" her sugar is high, she takes a shot of fast acting insulin???? When? After she eats? This is called a correction shot and the correct dose (correction factor) needs to be figured out in order to know how many units will drop her blood sugar by how far. It is not a surprise that she is experiencing both highs and lows frequently if she is managing her diabetes this way.

You might want to find out WHY she doesn't want to monitor her health. Is she thinking that if she ignores it, it will go away? It won't; she will end up in the hospital, in a diabetic coma or with serious complications. She is a lovely young woman with, obviously a loving husband, and she deserves better! By your description of her sleep patterns and her not caring about her diabetes, I'm wondering if she is suffering from Depression. Depression is 3 times more common in people suffering from Diabetes. If she is suffering from Depression it probably won't just go away on its own. When you see the doctor I would mention this to him and see if he can refer her to someone to talk to and perhaps prescribe medication if it is warrented.

[dipenk50]

Thanks Jadi ,

we have reduced her lantus to 16 units , and there are changes , not she is not so low at early mornings . but last few days she is feeling vewry sleepy , she sleeps at 12 midnight and cannot wakeup till 10-30am to 11 am . she feels sleepy all day .
she is also having a headace all day .
we have fixed an apointment with the doc .

but as you know , she does'nt like checking her sugar everynow and then , i do make sure that she checks it once she is awake and before sleeping at night , but she trys to avoid checking her sugar .
she does'nt like it .
also she doesnot keep a check on what she eats and what she should not eat , she eats everything she like  and if she feels her sugar is high , would take a shot of fast acting insuline .
how do i motivate her to keep a good check on her own health ?

[alanfine]

Check sugar at bedtime. If 70-120 NO Lantus. If below 70, eat a snack or drink Orange juice and check again after 15 minutes. or fast acting should have a sliding scale. you can get it from your Doctor or look it up on the Internet.

[arburgess82]

The complications from uncontrolled diabetes is not worth it. Somehow you have to make her understand. Ive been T1 for 30 years now. When I was a teenager I didn't care, I didn't look after myself, didn't test sugars, didn't give correct insulin etc. By the time I was 30, I was blind. I had massive bleeds in both eyes. It was a miracle that a specialist was able to restore my sight after having surgery, but going in I was told don't count on this working. Since then, my control is the best it can be (no control is perfect but its pretty good). But all those years of not caring means I also now have another complication, nerve damage. I get stabbing, burning pain in my legs if I walk a certain distance or for no reason at all.  Im lucky that i dont yet have kidney issues or havent had bad infections that uncontrolled sugars can make worse. To put it all in perspective, I am only 39 and I struggle to walk the dog because of the pain. Every time I go the the eye specialist I hold my breath and hope there are no new bleeds that I can't see. If I could go back to when I was younger and know what I know now.....