We talk about hypoglycemia or blood sugar downturn when the glucose level is below 70 mg/dl.The body usually warns with symptoms such as tremor, sweat, blurred vision and the person can easily solve it by drinking sugar, fruit or juices."When these symptoms are not perceived or perceived when sugar is much lower, it is when we talk about unnoticed hypoglycemia," says Mercè Vidal.
Unnoticed hypoglycemia are more frequent in people who are treated with insulin, both in type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, and affect approximately 20% of the population with diabetes.
Optimizing control or wanting to maintain glucose values in very strict stripes can facilitate the sugar to lower the account.In the words of Mercè Vidal “if this occurs many times and for a long time, the perception of the symptoms can be altered.When there is little perception of symptoms, the control objectives must be raised, make more self-analysis and re-evaluate the educational program to improve diabetes management. ”
They are called unnoticed hypoglycemia because the person with diabetes does not recognize the symptoms of sugar down or because the patient himself undervalued, and “it is the most dangerous because if they have hypoglycemia unnoticed, it can have a serious hypoglycemia and then theSolution is in the hands of others, ”says Vidal.
In these situations, the patient may be afraid to suffer hypoglycemia and, as a consequence, not correctly adjust the doses of insulin.Technological advances and new insulin analogues can be a good option to prevent, identify and avoid hypoglycemia.
