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03/19/10 06:16 PM

"How symptoms can determine a situation as a diabetic neuropathy?"
Asked By: col2007dfo  
Category: Heart Disease and Diabetes

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I am a Type 1 diabetic during last 36 years. During my last entry to an ER due to my unawearness hypoglycemia (40 mg/dl) I had chest pain, which was treated by doctor with EKG that it was normal. In order to review the blood sugar levels during a journey, I have to stay at hospital during two additional days. During one of them I had another similar situation with fatigue, difficult to breath and chest pain. Due to those cases, doctors decided to make a cardiac angiography, and its result was normal too. However, durign the test, I felt the chest pain and a severe lack of oxygen but the doctor said that he did not see any abnormality during the exam. Regarding those concepts, my own conclusion is that my symptoms can explain a diabetic neuropathy. Can those symptoms explain my conclusion?

Expert Answers (1)

03/22/10 08:11 PM

Hello,

Thanks for asking dLife.

Hypoglycemia unawareness is a condition in which a person with diabetes does not experience the usual early warning symptoms of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).

When a person’s blood sugar level drops, the body tries to compensate by releasing epinephrine (or adrenaline) that signals the liver to produce more glucose. It also causes the typical early warning signs of hypoglycemia: sweating, trembling, butterflies in the stomach, tingling, numbness, and rapid pulse.

With hypoglycemia unawareness, people don’t experience these symptoms. Instead, without warning, they become confused or disoriented or falling unconscious.

There are mulitple symptoms associated with diabetic neuropathy.

Click here to read more about it!

I recommend a follow-up with a cardiologist (a doctor who specializes in heart disease).

Take care.

Answered By: Liz Quintana
Accreditations: EdD, RD, LD, CDE
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