# Nausea and Vomiting with Severe Hypoglycemia? **URL:** \ **Category:** Type 1 & LADA\ **Tags:** hypoglycemia\ **Created:** [August 4, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/nausea-and-vomiting-with-severe-hypoglycemia/4654 "2018-08-04T01:46:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![TravelingOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/travelingon/32/1583_2.png) [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/nausea-and-vomiting-with-severe-hypoglycemia/4654/9 "2018-08-04T05:58:55Z")
Holy cow dude. > [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > I’ve never seen my family under pressure… they were REALLY scary. I am so sorry. So, so, so sorry. That sounds like a shockingly awful experience, and I (thanks to @T1Allison for pointing this out) am also thankful you are safe and made it through. But, I shed a few tears thinking of what a bad night that was for you (and also said plenty of swear words.) > [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > I am just wondering what to do with eating while nauseous in case it happens again… **Glucagon.** That is what to do in case of a severe low and nausea. There are a few threads about mini-dosing (not using it all). I’ve included a number of threads which you might enjoy reading, and selecting the best bits to pass along. But, seriously, yes, family retraining must happen. I’m glad you’ve had this opportunity to realize this - beats hell out of the alternative. It wouldn’t ever occur to me to even test BG if Eric vomited and passed out, I think I would assume LOW and treat if possible, Glucagon if not possible to treat. I know that high BG is the boogieman here, but I am of the impression that being high for a moment won’t kill you, but being low might. Eric reports that he’s never felt nauseous during a low to that degree however, so we don’t have any firsthand knowledge to pass along. Here are some Glucagon threads: > [@Effect of Glucagon - dependent on amount of liver glycogen available](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/effect-of-glucagon-dependent-on-amount-of-liver-glycogen-available/1426): > > In the [expired-glucagon](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/expired-glucagon/1417) thread, I experimented with some expired glucagon, doing a mini-dose. Then I tried it again the next day to see how it would work after the glucagon had been mixed for a day and left out. The expired glucagon worked both first and second day, but what was interesting to me is the big difference I saw in how it affected my BG. Both times I used the same dose, a mini-dose of 25 units instead of the whole 100 units of solution. First day: 51 to 109, 58 points in 32 minute… > [@For those who carry glucagon](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/for-those-who-carry-glucagon/3827): > > I keep glucagon around mostly in case I want to mini dose it. Which I’ve never done as of yet. Long story short, I was fiddling with a glucagon kit and a 30 unit syringe, and I discovered the syringe lies nicely beside the larger syringe and the case closed no problem. So I think I’ll krep the small syringe in the kit. A rolled- or folded-up alcohol swab also fits perfectly on the opposite side. So now you’ve got a mini dose or full dose kit in one. (However, if I was expecting others to use … > [@Glucagon response in T1D](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucagon-response-in-t1d/2076): > > So when you’re diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, doctors, dieticians and CDEs will bombard you with lots of information about T1D. At least that’s my experience. They’ll talk about how the body normally maintains glucose homeostasis, they’ll explain hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, glucagon production by alpha cells, insulin and the destruction of beta cells. But… nobody ever explained what happened to the glucagon response in T1D. Why are my alpha cells not able to prevent hypoglycemia? Is this actua… > [@Teaching sibling to use Glucagon](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/teaching-sibling-to-use-glucagon/3456): > > Hi All, We had a situation yesterday that got me thinking. I dropped my 2 boys off at the gym and when I picked them up an hour and a half later, my son said he had been low(LOW double arrows down on Dexcom). My son is 17 and his brother is 14. They both expressed concern about what would happen if he became unconscious and they both felt that I should teach the 14 year old to use the Gucagon just in case of an emergency some day. I had not really considered this before as I thought he was too … Here are some threads about sugar and treating lows in general…but rereading them it occurred to me that they don’t solve the nearly unconscious problem. [Glucose Necklace](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-necklace-potential-new-product/665/20) [Best Candies for Lows](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-candies-for-lows/1761) I will end by saying I am glad you are fine and typing your message and not still puking. I am SO GLAD! --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/nausea-and-vomiting-with-severe-hypoglycemia/4654)._