A Low Blood Sugar Scenario Explained

Every type 1 fears having a hypoglycemic event. Because people are usually more accustomed to dealing with highs, however, a sudden low often catches them unaware. Use this fictional yet typical story to find out what might happen medically during a low and what you need to know to keep hypoglycemia in check.

Joe, our fictional person with type 1 diabetes, uses multiple daily injections of insulin. Dr. Christopher Saudek, MD, our physician, is Director of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center in Baltimore and president of the American Diabetes Association from 2001 to 2002. He's also a former medical consultant to the ABC News Diabetes Project. Carl Lindgren, an Arlington County, Virginia, Fire/EMS Battalion Chief, ensures that the paramedics under his command are trained to handle emergency calls to offices, residences, and heavily secured U.S. government buildings around Washington D.C. He averages at least one diabetic call every day.

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highlandcitygirl	December 30, 2008 5:22 PM totally absorbing senerio! thanks!