Hypoglycaemia

Hypoglycaemia (Hypo) is when your blood sugars (B.M.) goes below 4. When this happens your body normally starts showing signs that let you know your B.M. is low, such signs can be:

• Your hands start to shake slightly.
• Your tongue and lips go numb.
• Your speech can sometimes go funny.
• You lose all energy.
• Your vision can very rarely go blurry.

Hypo's can occur for a number of reasons like if you have been doing a lot of strenuous work or exercise, if you have been out drinking or if you have taken your insulin and didn't have anything to eat with it. This can be very life threatening as if you leave it you can reach complecations which could result in you being put on a drip in the hospital and possibly fighting for your life.

I have only ever experienced a Hypo once, my B.M. dropped down to 1.8 and I was slurring my speech, so my mum got me some coke and put a spoon of sugar in it to take out the fizz. After I had drunk that she kept a close eye on my B.M's every two hours until they were stable.

The diabetic doctors say that an ideal B.M. would be between 7 & 10, but it can be very hard keeping it between those numbers.