Comments on: Blacked out from Hypoglycemia? http://diabetic-information.com/blacked-out-hypoglycemia/ Diabetes News Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Boo http://diabetic-information.com/blacked-out-hypoglycemia/#comment-652 Mary Boo Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:12:03 +0000 http://diabetic-information.com/?p=762#comment-652 <a href=""></a> Do you no you can go to a other doctor if you don't think she is diding right. If you think the doctor should do more then checked your blood sugar levels you meed to do some thing.

Do you no you can go to a other doctor if you don’t think she is diding right. If you think the doctor should do more then checked your blood sugar levels you meed to do some thing.

]]> By: Tony Q http://diabetic-information.com/blacked-out-hypoglycemia/#comment-653 Tony Q Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:20:51 +0000 http://diabetic-information.com/?p=762#comment-653 hypoglycemia is low blood sugar below 70 mg/dL or 3.89 mmol/L hyperglycemia is diabetes high blood sugar above 126 mg/dL or 7.00 mmol/L hypo will cause dizzy blackout coma because not enough sugar going to the brain. i don't think you have hypo if heredity is suspected. because your grandpa is hyper (diabetes) i had a blackout missed the subway station often, the brain scan shown a dark spot at the back of the brain (dead neurons no cure), the neurologist didn't pursue farther. you should see a neurologist for the blackout. a portable meter measure the sugar in the plasma. in the lab blood test they measure (1) sugar in plasma (2) A1C sugar in red blood cells hemoglobin average reading for the past 6 wks. (if the red blood cells half-life is 6 wks). (the diff between plasma and red blood cells, think of plasma as transportation system and red blood cells are people travelling in a bus) you should have a blood test done by the lab sugar in plasma is not reliable, it is up and down depends on the time of day (highest at 8am lowest at 5pm), could lead to wrong diagnostic. so most doctors rely on A1C results to prescribe medication A1C = 3.63 for hypo and A1C = 5.70 for hyper (diabetes) the relationship of A1C and plasma glucose in the internet is not uniform, the most reliable is using the following experimental formula %A1C = (mg/dL + 77.3) / 35.6 or %A1C = (mmol/L + 4.29) / 1.98 hypoglycemia is low blood sugar below 70 mg/dL or 3.89 mmol/L
hyperglycemia is diabetes high blood sugar above 126 mg/dL or 7.00 mmol/L

hypo will cause dizzy blackout coma because not enough sugar going to the brain. i don’t think you have hypo if heredity is suspected. because your grandpa is hyper (diabetes)

i had a blackout missed the subway station often, the brain scan shown a dark spot at the back of the brain (dead neurons no cure), the neurologist didn’t pursue farther.

you should see a neurologist for the blackout.

a portable meter measure the sugar in the plasma. in the lab blood test they measure
(1) sugar in plasma
(2) A1C sugar in red blood cells hemoglobin average reading for the past 6 wks. (if the red blood cells half-life is 6 wks).

(the diff between plasma and red blood cells, think of plasma as transportation system and red blood cells are people travelling in a bus)

you should have a blood test done by the lab

sugar in plasma is not reliable, it is up and down depends on the time of day (highest at 8am lowest at 5pm), could lead to wrong diagnostic. so most doctors rely on A1C results to prescribe medication

A1C = 3.63 for hypo and A1C = 5.70 for hyper (diabetes)

the relationship of A1C and plasma glucose in the internet is not uniform, the most reliable is using the following experimental formula
%A1C = (mg/dL + 77.3) / 35.6 or
%A1C = (mmol/L + 4.29) / 1.98

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