Diet for Hypoglycemia

toddler with ketotic hypoglycemia?

i am hoping someone else has some Information other then what they have googled on ketotic hypoglycemia and my son has been in and out of hospital with sugar levels in the morning of anywhere between 2.5 and 3.6 and cant be woken. He was was refereed to hospital at 7 month old for failure to thrive and still is very small as only weighs 20lbs and is 2 yr old. he growing in height fine but cant put on weight. he always got a infection anything simple ranging between a cold to pneumonia more often then not it chest and ear infections. he is asthmatic as well, he has problem with low iron levels and was given treated for that. he now being refereed to bristol children hospital for specialist treatment as they think he has GSD (glycogen storage disease) or another type or metobolic problem. i finding this rather stressful and wondering if anyone else has been in this situation

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1. i would be guessing, but my guess is,he has some rare or inherited illness that's not too commonly seen.So,please go to the Bristol's hospital,see a specialist,as its obvious,a regular dr cant seem to diagnose him.whatever he has,he got it since birth and he needs help. I am wondering, if there is a problem with his small intestine absorbing nutrients? a problem or insufficiency of the pancreas? a lot of time liver and pancreas troubles can go together. until you see the specialist,give him several small meals a day,several small snacks too. I do this:i have a problem with my intestines(im not a dr) sometimes i even have to get up at night or very early in the morning to eat half of a banana or drink a little juice as i get shaky/dizzy and have painful hunger pangs in the middle of the night. what you describe,he can hardly be awaken:he is going into a hypoglycemic shock. try to awake him every 3-4 hours, give a little bit of juice or piece of banana or favorite fruit,make sure he doesn't choke,and swallows the snack.