Dipping blood sugars cause surprisingly irregular heart rhythms in diabetics

Monday, April 28, 2014 - 13:21 in Health & Medicine

Dangerous overnight blood sugar levels often go undetected and cause prolonged periods of heart rhythm disturbances in older patients with Type 2 diabetes and associated heart problems, new research reveals. The findings could offer vital clues to the mechanism by which low blood sugar levels could contribute to life-threatening changes in heart rhythm, a major risk for patients with diabetes.

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