If your child develops hypoglycemia during the night, he or she might wake with sweat-soaked pajamas or a headache.

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Hypoglycemia occurs more frequently with intermediate-acting insulin, such as NPH.

CNN: Type 1 diabetes in children

For older patients vulnerable to severe hypoglycemia or who may already have advanced cardiovascular disease, less stringent targets of up to 8% or even a little higher would be sufficient, the guidelines say.

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