New Research for Type 1 Diabetes Patients: Study Shows Past Extreme Low Blood Sugar Doesn't Hurt Brain Functions

A new study shows that patients with Type 1 diabetes don't have much to worry about with their past bouts with low blood sugar. Severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) sometimes does occur in Type 1 diabetes patients, and this report show that those episodes don't have affects on cognitive function. Published in the May 3rd edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, the study will lessen the diabetic patients list of worries for future events. Concern had been raised that perhaps repeated bouts of hypoglycemia may have future affects on brain function due to nerve cell death.

Type 1 diabetics, which affect only 5% of all diabetic patients, have to attempt to keep their sugar in check without going too low or too high, or face symptoms. There is a thing called hypoglycemia unawareness, where the patient is unaware that their blood sugar has dropped too low until they are in a seizure or coma. Diabetics with type 1 diabetes need to realize that symptoms such as shakiness, dizziness or sweating can signal their blood sugar dropping too low.