Brittle diabetes explained
Brittle diabetes is not a new form of diabetes. It is merely uncontrolled diabetes. Normally with diabetes you can feel the symptoms in your body. These symptoms act as a sort of warning signalling system informing you that it is time to act. However with brittle or labile diabetes the warning signals seems to be malfunctioning. This cause unpredictable swings in the level of blood glucose between hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia. Hypoglycaemia is even more dangerous than hyperglycaemia because it could cause you to lose consciousness and go in a diabetic coma. The main symptoms of hypoglycaemia are: • Sweating • Shakiness• Dizziness • Confusion • Difficulty speaking With labile diabetes the symptoms comes without enough warning to act quickly. This form of diabetes tends to afflict type one diabetes sufferers. This form of diabetes is very rare. However the symptoms of this form of diabetes could appear in diabetics who for some reason are unable to properly monitor their diabetes. This includes taking too much insulin which would lower the blood sugar really fast. It could occur in diabetic who eat the wrong kind of foods. Foods with high sugar content like cakes which sends glucose rushing through the blood stream. If you are a diabetic and is experiencing unexplained blood glucose swings it is time to consult your health care team. They will be able to analyse the problem and give you correct guidance. This is very important as there could be a number of causes ranging between physical to psychological. The solution could be as simple as retraining you or your love one to do self testing properly Another possible cause could be the dawn phenomenon or the Somogyi effect. This condition tends to occur more often in people suffering from
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