Adrienne
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Parent
Sad indeed, and difficult to talk about I guess as it will scare some, but we shouldn't hide it away completely like the article says lets hope some good comes of it.
My friends daughter died as well three years ago next May. It was the day before her 13th birthday. I never mention it on here (first time) as I don't want to frighten the newly diagnosed parents straight away. She was type 1 and a 'good' diabetic. Her mum is type 1 as well. You can't ever tell if a diabetic dies from a hypo as levels plummet immediately. They put DIB on the certificate, 'dead in bed' which they can only put for people with diabetes. We have a tree planted for her at the caravan place in the Cotswolds that we all meet up at every May. Every time I hear a story like this one in the paper, its a kick up the jacksey that we can't take this diabetes thing laying down.
shockingly sad (im a new parent of a child with type1) but am grateful for the 2 above storys being brought to my attention, it will only make me concentrate on my sons diabetes even more, thankfully he accepts it.
xx
Katie I have no idea. I didn't even know that was true actually. Do most adults wake up when hypo? Has there been studies done on that as well?
Children sleep extremely deeply, I've just got to look at my daughter to know that. I know I am not a heavy sleeper but that is because I am on alert all night in case Jessica alarms and I have a baby moniter beside my bed because of that.
Another thing is that a couple of docs I've come across through friends say that if a hypo is asymptomatic ie no symptoms then it is not a hypo. One friend queried this after a large number of us 'jumped' on this and asked the doc if her son was 1.4 mmol and no symptoms, it was not a hypo and he was ok. Or if her son was 1.4 mmol at night and was asleep and not woken, then he was ok. The doc said yes thats right, no hypo. Luckily he retired or he would have been reported big time.
If someone does not get any symtoms by a BG of 3.0 then things need to be looked at. Sometimes they can be reinitiated by running slightly higher BGs for a while and bringing them back down gradually as over-medication may suppress them. I did though come across someone who developed Type I in his mid-twenties. He was eventually put on animal insulin as otherwise he did not get symtoms of going hypo. The medical profession are reluctant to prescribe them (animal insulins) these days however.
Hello,
Very sad to hear of deaths so young due to diabetes.
Re: Waking up during night time hypo's, I find I've always woken up ever since I was diagnosed at 18.
How about we do some of our own research - could one of the mod's start a poll?
Although how do you know if you hypo'd through the night if you didn't wake up? Hmm.
Suppose we could just see how many of us do wake up vs how many of us have never woken up hypo through the night.
So the poll could be: Have you ever woken up because of a hypo? Yes or No.
NiVZ
Hi Jimmysmum
Hope I have not frightened you. In clinic especially with newly diagnosed they don't talk about this. It is rare but it does happen, what happened with my friend's daughter. The teenager story is a different story and I have friends with teens who are struggling. I am not looking forward the teenage years.
🙂