Late dumping

[Vonne]

My husband suffers from late dumping and at times it has developed into something serious and we've needed to call an ambulance with extremely low blood sugar. He had severe mental confusion and limited and slurred speech. Glucose gel and cola did eventually bring him back to normal . I too wonder how dangerous it is to just let him drift away.

[TerryE]

I have suffered from hypoglicemea [ Late Dumping ] for many years since Ivor Lewis surgery for cancer. I have always been told by my treating Doctors, that my body will not allow the blood sugar to go low enough to end my life.

It is hard to convince yourself of this while experiencing blood sugar levels below 1.0 waking in an ambulance, confused and covered in sweat. However I'm still here and can still have a near normal life.

However, I would like a medical practitioner to comment on what I have been told, and here passing it on to others, regarding the body reaction to stopping the low sugar becoming fatal.

[Vonne in reply to TerryE]

Thanks for that. That's exactly what we would like. It's terrible watching someone who is experiencing this and the fear it might turn into something fatal.

[valruss in reply to TerryE]

My husband's doctor also said that your liver would automatically release glucogon when blood sugar falls really low but it would be interesting to hear from a specialist about this. We kept a glucogon injection in the fridge for when his blood sugar fell to 1 but I was always able to recover him with Dextrose tablets and full sugar lemonade as soon as he started to sweat. I called the paramedics one night when my husband had become too confused and lethargic to swallow and they put him on a glucose drip for two hours which worked well. Eventually my husband found that eating small, high protein, high fat meals every two hours kept his blood sugar more stable and the attacks lessened. His love of chocolate was always his downfall though and would bring on a hypo attack without fail if he tucked in to too many, too quickly!

[liz_crisp]

I get vey low blood sugar levels, I have on occasions had people call an ambulance for me not believing that a packet of dextrose tabs or a bottle of lucozade would help greatly. I do feel very tired after and learning to recognise the symptoms and taking sugar at the onset does help, normally life can carry on after a short rest.

I had hypoglycemia in my 20s probably due to the diet I ate and the fact I worked and played hard and the solution then was the same, all my friends had pockets of sweets (dolly mixtures) or little packs of sugar in their pockets in case I went funny. (I seemed to get drunk on bannana juice)

The earlier I catch it the better I feel for the rest of the day.

Cheers Lizzy

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I cannot believe that these serious episodes are anything other than serious. They do indeed create panic amongst those who witness it. And of you were driving a car at the time the consequences could indeed be fatal.

So it is effectively a severe diabetic issue, for which a sugar:insulin meter would be entirely justified. As well as other eating problems, I think one has to reduce the danger by having a low glycemic / index diet and/or food that is recommended for diabetics.

Yes, of course the emergency rations of sweets and dextrose tables etc are necessary in the immediate crisis but there is also the underlying imbalance that needs sorting out, if possible.

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