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Low Blood Sugar Awareness Among Drivers With Diabetes Type 2 - UK

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Northerner

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This week in the UK, a new educational campaign is being launched in order to educate individuals who live with type 2 diabetes on how to control and prevent their blood sugar levels dropping too low (hypoglycemia).

The campaign, titles "Are You Running On Empty", is a collaboration between MSD Diabetes, Diabetes Nursing Group, the AA (Automobile Association) and TREND.

Its goal is to increase individualss awareness of hypoglycemia symptoms as, well as pointing out what they can do to reduce their risk of hypoglycemia - in addition to seeking help for their GP in promptly if they need to.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238149.php
 
Why Type 2s? T1s have hypo - me no understand.:confused:
 
Some type 2s can have reactive hypos where their insulin production climbs too high to overcome resistance and then stays too high once the glucose has dropped.

And I would have thought type 2s on insulin are as much at risk of hypos as type 1s. :confused:

Rob
 
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