Type-1 diabetes don’t wake up from low blood sugar?
Posted on: Monday, March 5th, 2007 at 3:24 pmI found an interesting article through joescafe in which a study determined many (1 in 16) T1DM (Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus) did not wake up from hypoglycemia during sleep.
Very disturbing indeed 
. Some interesting snippets:
“These results suggest that the awakening response to hypoglycemia is impaired in T1DM patients. It appears that awakening forms part of a central nervous system response to hypoglycemia and that failure to awaken increases the risk for T1DM patients to suffer prolonged hypoglycemia.”
In a related perspective Harry Shamoon and Ilan Gabriely, from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discuss the paper further and conclude although further work is need to investigate the precise mechanisms involved, it “strongly supports and further advances the current notion of T1DM susceptibility to nocturnal hypoglycemia””
Interesting findings. But I must say, being a Type-1 diabetic for 15 years, I’ve woken up from hypoglycemia every time. I say every time because if I didn’t I either wouldn’t be here to type this or I somehow corrected my blood sugar in my sleep 
. I’ve also met quite a few other Type-1’s that have told me they’ve woken up so I’m curious to know what the personal conditions of the test and its subjects were.
Good to know none-the-less and reinforces much of that said in our 5 tips to keep your glucose levels balanced during sleep post.
Heres a link to the full article: Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Don’t Wake In Response To Hypoglycemia
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April 29th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
If you suffer from hypoglycemic unawarness this is a very real problem. I know of two people who died during sleep from hypos. I wouldn’t be typing this if not for my wife who has saved me more than once!
The tighter you run your BS, the more you increase your risk of hypoglycemic unawarness.
So, you run to high or to low, you loose either way!