Hypos

[nstonebridge]

Hi

My son is 2 and was diagnosed as type 1 six weeks ago. We are coping OK with most things, but struggle when he has a hypo (which at the moment is quite frequent) as the only thing he will eat off the "standard list" is jam, and on Friday it made him sick.

Is there anything anyone can suggest - he doesn't drink sugary drinks & hates jelly sweets.

Thanks

Nicola

 

[aymes]

Will he drink fruit juice (I know you said no sugary drinks but not sure if that included juice...?) Juice is really quick working for a hypo, you want to make sure you have about 10g carbs per 100ml.

 

[nstonebridge]

He doesn't really drink anything except milk and water - before he was diagnosed we thought we were doing the right thing by not giving him squash and fruit juice, but now I wish I had cos at least he would drink it!!!

However, in the last 5 minutes he has started to very tentatively drink a chocolate milkshake.....perhaps we have progress!!

 

[Copepod]

Will he eat honey or sugar cubes or fruit pastilles (not sure if they're too close to jelly sweets) or dolly mixture sweets? I know honey is not recommended for young children or anyone with allergies, so worth checking with GP / Health Visitor / Diabetes Specialist Nurse before giving him any. If being sick with jam was just a one-off, perhaps he wasn't feeling well eg had a snuffly cold, in which case, it's OK to use it again? Supermarkets etc sell small cartons (approx 125 or 150ml, I think, so you will have to waste some) of long life / UHT milkshakes, which might be OK to carry for emergencies.

 

[diagonall]

How about cake icing? The ready made stuff in a tube?
Just rereading your post it doesn't have to be jelly sweets.
Any sweets will do.
Does he like dolly mixtures?

 

[Adrienne]

Hi

My daughter became type 1 at 5 weeks old and we have tried lots of different hypo remedies.

If your son drinks milk then the best one is called Soluable Maxijul. You can get it on prescription and Gt Ormond St Hospital recommended it to me. It is great. It is a fine white powder and very quick acting. You can mix it with water or milk. I used to warm my daughter's milk in her bottle or beaker, add the Maxijul, shake and hey presto. I know on MDI you should give the quick acting, waiting 15 minutes, retest and if up give long acting but with a baby or young one and especially at night it is sometimes hard work so the milk and Maxijul serves both quick acting and long acting especially if you use full fat milk.

You can also try fig roll biscuits. Take a look at the back of the packets and make sure if you have a choice you use the highest carb ones. As they contain the fig stuff in the middle that tends to act as the quick carb and the rest is the long carb. It worked for a number of years.

Another friend of mine has the same problem in that her daughter, now 5, but was a lot younger when diagnosed, won't have anything for a hypo except the fruit tubs in syrup! her favourite being peaches. The syrup obviously does what it is supposed to. She just digs in with her hands, lovely and gooey.

Hope that helps. I recommend Maxijul but it needs to be the Soluable one.

Adrienne

 

[Adrienne]

How about cake icing? The ready made stuff in a tube?

They use this a lot in the USA for children who have blood sugar problems. It is a bit like glucogel but tastes much better.

However my daughter loves the taste of glucogel but it just doesn't seem to work for her.

Adrienne

 

[grahams mum]

Hi

My son is 2 and was diagnosed as type 1 six weeks ago. We are coping OK with most things, but struggle when he has a hypo (which at the moment is quite frequent) as the only thing he will eat off the "standard list" is jam, and on Friday it made him sick.

Is there anything anyone can suggest - he doesn't drink sugary drinks & hates jelly sweets.

Thanks

Nicola

if still taking the bottle try honey with his warm milk mix together the paramedics were i work told me and works for my son