[LauRa Lu]

Is it dangerous in any way to bring a blood sugar back up from a hypo too quick?

Like earlier i was 2.7 so i ate food and stuff, and really really quickly it was up to 7.2 already. Can it be bad for it to get back to normal or the higher end of normal too quickly?

[DeusXM]

I wouldn't read too much into post-hypo BGs that are done less than two hours after the hypo. The initial surge tends to drop off rather quickly and so you can go from being 2.2 to 10.5 to 6.4 in two hours. This is perfectly normal - contrary to popular belief, people without diabetes don't have BGs that rigidly stay at 4-6 at all times with a brief spike to 8 following a meal.

A post-hypo BG isn't really an accurate measure of control as such. If you're still running rather high after an hour or so then you may wish to consider taking action because you've probably overcompensated for a hypo.

To be honest though, a hypo isn't really something you can compensate for with the same accuracy as high BG. There's all sorts of rules about how many carbs you should eat, or precisely the right number of chocolate squares or jelly babies or other meaningless measurements. Bottom line is that if you're having a hypo, you can't really waste time calculating and you just need to chuck some sugar in you fast. Just don't go chugging pints of Lucozade unless it's strictly necessary! ;-)

[Aftiel]

Recently, a radio station in my area did an on air stunt.

They took a person from the show (who is NOT diabetic,) and had him eat honey buns and drink beer for hours. He was allowed to eat/drink nothing but that.

2 hours into the stunt, they checked his blood sugar -- it was 310.

Good point - non-diabetics are not always in the perfect numbers. It does take the pancreas a bit of time to catch up with a sugar rush like that.

If I have a severe hypo, I drink good old Coca-Cola to remedy it. IT raises it quickly with a spike, but that spike settles down (as was pointed out.)

I am not aware of anything dangerous about how "fast" BG is returned to normal.

Are you experiencing symptoms that make you wonder about it Lu ?

- Aftiel

[JasonSmithMT]

Originally Posted by LauRa Lu

Is it dangerous in any way to bring a blood sugar back up from a hypo too quick?

Like earlier i was 2.7 so i ate food and stuff, and really really quickly it was up to 7.2 already. Can it be bad for it to get back to normal or the higher end of normal too quickly?

Not that I know of. The gold standard emergency treatment for severe hypoglycemia is intravenous glucose (50% dextrose solution). It just doesn't get any faster than that. Obviously if you are treating it with food I would stick to the 15g CHO rule as to not over treat but in my opinion, the faster the return to normal the better.

Jason

[Erin]

If I drink too much coke or juice really quickly I just throw it up. (liquid stomach & really sharp rise in bg = erin worshiping the porcelain throne) Then I have to re-treat the low... which is all KINDS of fun.

That's the only "danger" I know of making your bg rise too quickly.

[JediSkipdogg]

Usually the only problem I notice with a severe change in BG is a sudden headache as my body adjusts to the new level. Now if you eat too much, like drink an entire can of Coke, then you may experience like Erin said a need to throw it back up. But that can be caused by going too high.

[rzrbks]

LauRa Lu,

2.7 is way way too low.

The main thing, as pointed out earlier, is to get it back up where it belongs. Then just keep checking to make sure you don't rebound and start going low again.