(HealthDay News) — People with type 1 diabetes don’t need to worry that they may have brain function problems in the future if they’ve had a bout or two of severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), a new study suggests.

Researchers found that while serious hypoglycemic episodes did sometimes occur as a result of aggressive diabetes control, those low blood sugar events didn’t have any effect on cognitive function.

“Hypoglycemia did not seem to predict the advent of worsening cognitive function,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Alan Jacobson, director of the behavioral and mental health research program at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.

“Of course, it goes without saying that hypoglycemia can be a serious problem,” he added. “But, if you’ve had a more severe hypoglycemia event, at least it appears that you don’t have to worry that 10 years later you may have trouble doing your job or thinking,” he said.

Results of the study were published in the May 3 New England Journal of Medicine. Read more…

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