Your client wants to discuss a concern about overnight hypoglycemia alerts on the CGM. These hypoglycemia alerts have been happening intermittently and only in the overnight hours. The client reports no changes in diet, activity, or insulin doses over the past 2 weeks. These events are asymptomatic, and the client reports that these episodes resolve rapidly before they can get to the kitchen to treat the hypoglycemic event. What is the best plan of action for this client?
- Advise the client to eat a high-carbohydrate snack before bed to avoid hypoglycemia.
- Advise the client to verify the asymptomatic hypoglycemia with a fingerstick blood
glucose reading and treat if hypoglycemia is verified. - Advise the client only to treat hypoglycemia if they are symptomatic.
- Advise the client to decrease their basal insulin dose.
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