Hypoglycemia
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Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Why It Occurs and What to Do About It
For a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic, there is nothing scarier than having your blood sugar bottom out. One minute you’re fine, the next you’re sitting in a pool of your own sweat trembling and struggling to put a coherent…
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Dad with Type 1 Investigated by Child Services
A UK man is accused of being an unfit parent after suffering a bout of hypoglycemia.
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Paramedic Fired for Hypoglycemia Wins in Court
A jury finds an employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired a paramedic with diabetes.
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Report Condemns Diabetes Care in UK Hospitals
A leading diabetes doctor documents how hospitals fail to protect the health of patients with diabetes.
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The Hypoglycemia Brain Trust
Scientists find a region of the brain responsible for detecting and combatting hypoglycemia.
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EMTs Learn Not All Lows are The Same
In a pilot program, emergency personnel learn how to cut hospitalization rates for people suffering from hypoglycemic episodes.
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The Orange Juice Chronicles
Diagnosed with Type 1 at age 27, James Samson had to learn through trial and error not to overcorrect with his insulin.
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Texting a Low
In this video, we show a novel way to share with others what to do if you experience a low.
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Explaining Blood Sugar Swings to the Uninitiated
A mother of a child newly diagnosed with Type 1 learns from a diabetes educator what it’s like to feel high or low.
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Nasal Glucagon Treatment Succeeds in Trials
Clinical trials showed that Glucagon Nasal Powder did just as well as injectable glucagon in treating mild hypoglycemia.
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A Way To Stop Binge-Eating for Lows
A personal trainer with Type 1 suggests a plan to treat lows in a healthier manner than a fridge raid.
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Uncovering the Hypoglycemia On/Off Switch
In this Quick Hit article, we share new research on brain cells that control lows.
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The 12 Types of Lows
T1D author Laura Kronen gives names to all the lows she has experienced.
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When My Child’s Blood Sugar Level Hit 20
A mother shares her son’s struggles with silent hypoglycemia, and what her family did to combat it.
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The Scary Wake-Up Call
News reporter Cristina Frank documents a bad middle-of-the-night bout of hypoglycemia.
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Playing Sports Without D-Mom Supervision?
A soccer mom worries what might happen when there’s a coach in charge who doesn’t know diabetes.
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The Pitfalls of Public Lows
Laura Kronen shares two memorable lows where she had to put manners aside to raise her blood sugar levels.
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Crowdsourcing a T1D Service Dog for Molly
Read how a fundraising website is helping a 10-year old with Type 1 buy a diabetes service dog.
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The Ambulance of Shame
Hypoglycemia is hard enough without EMTs guilt-tripping you for it.
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Sniffing Out Hypos
Take a look inside the process to train diabetes service dogs in Canada and the US.
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