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#397: Insulin, Type 2 Diabetes, Fanny Packs, and Hypoglycemia with Dr. Jeff Colburn

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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How to Treat Hypoglycemia

When you start insulin you must pair it with talking about detecting hypoglycemia and how to treat it patient should know the symptoms. Glucagon works by having your liver dump out all of its glycogen reserves so once you've used that within about five minutes your blood sugar will whoa get right up. If you become low again after doing that glucagon treatment can have an effect because you've already used up all of your glycogen, he says.

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