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Originally Posted by BlueSky

The short answer is that death is extremely unlikely. The often -quoted anecdotal reports of this happening are mostly urban myths.

The liver will always come to the rescue if blood glucose drops too low. It does this every night in normal people. When you haven't eaten for a while, glucose requirements are sourced from the liver. Death would only occur if the liver glycogen reserves of the person having the hypo were depleted. This wouldn't happen to a healthy person. Glycogen reserves are continually being topped up. You don't even need to eat carbohydrate for this to happen. The liver makes its own glucose if necessary through gluconeogenesis.

You really shouldn't get too tense about the consequences of a hypo. You liver will pull you out a hypo before it becomes life threatening. Unless of course if you Glycogen Storage Disease, in which case you could be in big trouble.

Hi
Not only with Glycogen storage disease. Also alcohol . This stops the release of glycogen. A diabetes specialist told me once that young peoplewith diabetes who live alone have died
after a night out . They use their energy up dancing, They don't eat enough and drink . Go home fall asleep and never wake up.So yes death can happen from a hypo