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Question: From North Carolina, USA: At a recent appointment, the endocrinologist adjusted some of my 16-year-old son's pump's basal rates. Yesterday, my son woke up extremely confused, not knowing where he was or what he was doing. After juice, his blood sugar was 68 mg/dl [3.8 mmol/L]. Today, at school, the same thing happened with a blood sugar of 62 mg/dl [3.4 mmol/L]. I am waiting on a call back from the endocrinologist. My son has never experienced confusion, even with blood sugar in the 30s mg/dl [1.7 to 2.1 mmol/L]. Why is this happening now? The nurse at the doctor's office did not know an answer. Answer: The only reason I know of is that he was low. You will have to change the basals, I expect, especially the overnight ones. The daytime low could be from either the basal or the bolus insulin. Start with the overnight basal. LD [Editor's comment: When you re-visit the basal rates with the endocrinologist, be sure to account for any new physical activity your son may have begun recently. BH] DTQ-20070816135456 Original posting 16 Aug 2007 Posted to Hypoglycemia and Behavior

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