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Pre-diabetes potentially diabetes

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Pamela Giddings

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Hi I've had 2 blood tests over a few months and via hba1c test I have been at a level of 46mmol but am waiting for further blood test results. I have had a couple of experiences when, after looking on Google, suggestions of hypoglycemia came up. One experience example is waking up last night cold and clammy, restless but non-motivated to get up and very damp feet and had sweat patches. Anyone had this scenario and had a GP outcome? Any suggestions?
 
Hi Pamela. What you've been experiencing might be a 'false hypo'. These can happen when your blood sugar has been high for a sustained period and has then returned to normal - your body wrongly reconises your sugar levels as being too low and reacts accordingly. They are not harmful, just very unpleasant. It's unlikely (though not impossible) that you've been experiencing a real hypo unless you've been put on medication. Have the docs given you any recommendations re food etc in view of your raised hba1c? If you are experiencing false hypos, these should stop if you can regularise your sugar levels on a long term basis.
 
Thank you, never heard about this until now, will see how I get on 🙂
 
Hi Pamela. It could be a false hypo. False hypo's feel like real hypo's, horrible!!! They happen when your body has been used to running on possibly much higher BG (blood glucose) levels than normal, when they they start going lower your brain believes it's starving and sends out panic signals, if it is a false hypo a small low carb but high protein snack a ie piece of cheese will often con your body that all is well because you've eaten something, don't choose a snack with high carbohydrates as that will just prolong you in keep having false hypo's as its carbohydrates that raise our BG levels fastest.
 
Welcome to the forum Pamela Giddings. As other have said, your symptoms could be "false hypos", although that's more common when medication, especially insulin, makes a rapid change to blood glucose levels.
There are other possible reasons for such symptoms eg menopause. Without knowing your circumstances, it's difficult to say. It sounds like your GP is investigating appropriately.
 
Hi thanks, I will yeah gp is well on the case, just waiting to hear from them this morning as fasting glucose was 6.7 this week
 
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