Yu Kuei

Aug 2, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Yu Kuei |Erica L. Macon |Owen Chan |Aikaterini Andreadi

Impaired awareness of hypoglycemia—complication of insulin treated diabetesFor people with diabetes, hypoglycemia is caused by excess insulin action in the setting of impaired counterregulation. In people who rely on insulin therapy to control their blood sugar levels, episodes of hypoglycemia increase the risk for subsequent episodes of hypoglycemia as part of a vicious cycle (Cryer, 1993; Davis et al., 2000; Muneer, 2021).