Abstract
Hypoglycaemia is one of the fundamental limitations of the successful treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus. In diabetic patients, the boundary of hypoglycaemia is 3.9 mmol/L, according to the American Diabetes Association.
In patients with diabetes mellitus type 1, hypoglycaemia is most often the result of excessive insulin levels, in combination with the body having a reduced counter-regulatory ability. Repeated and severe hypoglycaemia has a negative effect on the nervous system and can cause death.
Hypoglycaemia can occur with incompletely expressed symptoms, or even completely without symptoms and show up as a coma. The self-treatment of patients with hypoglycaemia is based on framework recommendations and modified by the patient's own experiences.