Warning against strict blood sugar control for young children with diabetes
May 1997
Experts are warning against strict blood sugar control for young children with diabetes.
Up to a third of children under age 5 on conventional BID insulin develop hypoglycemia at night. Most of them don't show any symptoms. You'd have to measure their blood glucose in the wee hours of the morning to know.
The concern is that frequent hypoglycemia might lead to neurologic or cognitive deficits.
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