Severe low blood sugar occurs often in patients with Type 2 diabetes
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
Patients with diabetes who take certain types of medications to lower their blood sugar sometimes experience severe low blood sugar levels, whether or not their diabetes is poorly or well controlled, according to a new study. The finding challenges the conventional wisdom that hypoglycemia is primarily a problem among diabetic patients with well-controlled diabetes (who have low average blood sugar levels).